The U.S. stock markets opened sharply in negative territory this morning, August 5, 2024. This after two consecutive down days to end last week. After such a strong July, some sort of pullback wasn’t surprising. However,…
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This past Monday afternoon, I attended a memorial service in Charlotte for a fraternity brother of mine. Given the relatively short lead to time to make arrangements and the overall quality of airline service out of…
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 Clement. Sam, say hello. Sam Clement (00:36):…
Despite all that has gone on in the markets and economic data this week, I would be remiss if I didn’t address what is really on everyone’s mind: What does Joe Biden’s dropping out of the…
Every presidential election cycle, we hear claims of it being “the most monumental election of all time.” I’d rate this statement as partially true. Every election is significant and impacts policies affecting Americans, but is the…
Over the past five years, most investors would agree that the economy of the United States, and even the global economy, has been befuddling. Simply put, trends typically derived from economic indicators have frequently led observers…
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…
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…