A trader reacts as a screen displays the Fed rate announcement on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 31, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The U.S. stock market is in a “very dangerous” spot as persistently strong jobs numbers and wage growth suggest the Federal Reserve’s … Read more
Got stopped by a faithful viewer while making a hard left turn with a full cart at Costco Sunday. Reasonable guy. Asked a double-edged question: “What can you do to make my Apple stock go up.” Double-edged because the stock has done nothing since June 2023, but it’s up 30 points from a year ago. … Read more
Gold and silver bars of various sizes lie in a safe on a table at the precious metals dealer Pro Aurum in Munich. Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Gold and silver are expected to climb further in 2024 on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates, UBS forecasts. … Read more
Costco and TJX Companies should be able to manage the emerging transition to deflation by leveraging their deep value propositions to get customers to buy more. As inflation headwinds continue to ease, and perhaps at some point become tailwinds, their competitors will be able to better compete on price. So, Costco and TJX-owned T.J. Maxx, … Read more
The Netflix logo is shown on one of the streaming giant’s Hollywood buildings in Los Angeles on July 12, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters The U.S. stock market continues to be volatile due to the uncertainty surrounding when the Federal Reserve will start to lower interest rates, and how many times. Despite the highest level … Read more
A general view of the BP logo and petrol station forecourt sign on January 22, 2024 in Southend, United Kingdom. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images Company: BP plc BP provides energy products and services to its customers. The company’s segments include gas & low-carbon energy, oil production & operations and customers … Read more
It was another upbeat week for stocks as back-to-back gains on Thursday and Friday more than made up for Wednesday’s Federal Reserve-driven selloff . Wall Street analysts had a lot to say about our portfolio names as Big Tech earnings dominated the action. Here are five big calls of the week and our Club takes, … Read more
Big Tech’s market dominance may push more investors to equal-weight exchange-traded funds, according to VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth. “Investors are getting nervous that too much money is concentrated in a handful of stocks within the broader ETFs that they have available that [are] tied to the S&P 500 or even the Nasdaq 100,” the firm’s head … Read more
A busy week of Big Tech earnings left us feeling more assured about our investments in Nvidia , Broadcom and Eaton as spending on artificial intelligence chips and data centers remain clear-cut priorities. The quarterly reports from Club holdings Alphabet , Microsoft , Meta Platforms and Amazon this week varied in overall quality, but a … Read more
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Goldman Sachs abandoned an ill-fated push into consumer banking in late 2022, but an investment in a Texas energy retailer means its reach into American homes is about to grow. Rhythm Energy, a Houston-based electricity provider overseen and owned by a Goldman Sachs private equity fund, has won … Read more
