As the global economy reopened from the COVID shutdown, many planned their bucket list trip. My wife and I were no different. We planned our trip to Italy and enjoyed looking up restaurants to try and…
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The 2nd quarter of this year was once again a challenge for stock pickers. It’s pretty easy to sum up the quarter’s performance with one word: NVIDIA. Traditionally known for gaming GPUs, NVIDIA had the foresight…
The Republican Convention seemed more like a coronation than a nomination for the former president. Even so, many in attendance, and more watching from home, may wonder why the GOP couldn’t put up a more unifying…
If you only had three words to best explain the 2nd quarter of 2024, they would be artificial, intelligence and inflation. Of course, the first two go together under the acronym AI, which is on everyone’s…
INFLATION The official inflation gauges are showing signs of improving. This means prices aren’t going up as rapidly as they once were. It does NOT mean prices are going down for the consumer. This is the…
Next to the word “boredom” in the dictionary should be the following two things: The 1st quarter of 2024 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report Recent GDP estimates for the 2nd quarter of 2024 Neither good nor…
Listen to the full episode, here. John Norris (00:30): Well, hello again everybody. This is John Norris at Trading Perspectives. As always, we have our good friend Sam Clement. Sam, say hello Sam Clement (00:36):…
This past week, I had a number of people ask me how much longer the stock market can continue to climb. From the outside looking in, this year’s rally must seem pretty curious. I have news…
Listen to the full episode here. John Norris (00:30): Well, hello again everybody. This is John Norris at Trading Perspectives. As always, we have a good friend, Sam Clements. Sam, say, hello, Sam Clement (00:36): John.…
This week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June 2024 fell 0.1%. This negative number was better than the analysts we were expecting, and pretty much guaranteed the Federal…