Small-Cap Leadership In This Bull Market

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 15:45
A recent discussion brought up a misconception that small-cap stocks are underperforming. But as it turns out, the most important small-cap stocks are crushing the returns of the major large-cap indexes.

Economic Transition Should Be A Natural Progression

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 15:20
This piece looks at the natural transition and progression in the economy that takes place when allowed. It is important to revisit this concept of economic evolution to understand what may be the best path going forward.

3 Integrated Majors Leading The Energy Transition Race

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 15:00
Economies across the world are gradually transitioning to cleaner energy sources. There has been a steady increase in pressure on energy companies to act on climate change on multiple fronts. Here are three companies that may benefit from this.

Comcast Corporation Dividend Increase

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 14:45
Comcast Corporation recently announced its next dividend of 31 cents per share, a 6.90% increase over its previous payout of $29 cents. The dividend will be paid on April 24 to shareholders of record on April 3. The ex-dividend date is April 2.

Pairs In Focus - Sunday, Jan. 28

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 14:40
Crude oil surpassed the $75 figure before targeting the $85 mark. The USD/JPY currency pair appears to be volatile, while the USD/CAD pair has followed the price of oil. Bitcoin rebounded throughout the week, while gold remained steady.

Just What Powers The SPY

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 14:20
The S&P 500 closed the week below fresh highs thanks to a bout in tech and relative weakness in some semiconductors. The rally is broadening, though, with XLI and XLV appearing to be well-positioned.

Top Picks 2024: Unity Software Inc.

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 14:00
Unity Software is a content-creation engine for video game development. Unity Software has seen its fundamentals stabilize thanks to conservative 2024 guidance. That sets the company up for potential upwardly-revised forecasts in future earnings.

Does The Super Bowl Stock Market Indicator Really Work?

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 13:49
The 'Super Bowl Stock Market Indicator' is a light-hearted, but ultimately unreliable, theory that the outcome of the Super Bowl can predict the performance of the stock market for the rest of the year. Let's take a look at how it works.

U.S. Natural Gas Exports Signal Higher Prices For U.S. Consumers (In The Long Run)

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 13:40
Fast-growing U.S. natural gas exports are likely to reduce domestic supplies significantly over the next several years. I want to assure you that everything has been going according to plan for the natural gas industry -- that is, until now.

Bitcoin Regains $42,000 After A Roller-Coaster Week

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 13:20
The cryptocurrency market looks ready to close one of its most volatile weeks in recent times. Most assets went on a roller-coaster, seesawing between red and green within hours for most of the week. Fortunately, the storm has mostly passed.

The Fed Will Not Be The Most Important Headline This Week

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 13:00
This week will be busy, and if you are taking time off, don’t. The news starts on Monday and runs through Friday morning, and it will impact where stocks and rates go from here. If you forgot what kicked off the rally, it is time for a refresher.

Evolution Of Investment Preferences And Implications

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 12:39
Investment preferences and choices often evolve over time based on several factors, including nature of investment products, technology in delivery, socio-economic status of society, and performance of investment products, to name a few.

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Seeking Alpha - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 12:30

Stocks Are Still Correcting And Consolidating

TalkMarkets - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 12:20
Most stocks appear to be correcting and consolidating the big gains of the final two months of 2023. The true market leaders, however, finished correcting in mid-January and have been moving higher since then.

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