Dividend Reinvestment Plans allow investors to unleash the power of compounding dividends.

The Fed is now scrambling to cut rates and end QT because of the brewing potential for a liquidity crisis once the Reverse Repo Program is fully drained.

Since the late 2022 bottom, bitcoin is up 170%. This was preceded by a 78% decline from the 2021 high of $69,000 to the 2022 low of $16,783. 

Housing starts and permits continue to flounder as completions slowly rise.

Although the bulls tried to push the price higher in the previous week, they failed, which translated into a fresh multi-week low and a test of the important support zone.

The cloud computing market will expand at a 17% CAGR between 2022 and 2027 which is an astronomical growth rate that should bode well for cloud computing companies.

On Thursday, London's FTSE 100, primarily composed of export-oriented companies, faced challenges in rebounding from a three-day decline fueled by worries about delayed interest rate cuts.

The Federal Reserve is less likely to begin cutting rates in March after recent economic data and comments by Fed officials.

Seasonally adjusted claims were expected to rise to 205K from an upwardly revised level of 203K last week.

The information technology sector offers an awful lot of growth. On the other hand, value is hard to come by.

It took so little for miners to decline so much.

Consumers are feeling the pressure of declining used vehicle prices, tighter credit, and declining wage growth. This trend may lead to a wave of defaults and increased negative equity, creating a feedback loop at the margin.

​​​​​​​Most Asian currencies experienced limited movement on Thursday, following substantial losses in the previous session.

The balance of risks favors higher interest rates, wider credit spreads, lower corporate margins, and lower equity prices.

In December, mortgage rates were only about 0.4% higher than they were one year ago, suggesting that housing permits, which were actually 6% higher than in December 2022, will cool off in the coming months.

​​​​​​​Canadian home prices are retreating. In previously hot areas, properties are selling up to 20% below 2022 prices, but nationally, the average sale price was just -11.4% in the latest quarter.

The Nasdaq is up triple digits thanks to outperforming semiconductor stocks.

​​​​​​​We are approaching a major trendline, which may offer a short-term long opportunity for both the precious metals mining ETFs.

The total traded value of the Huatai-Pinebridge CSI 300 ETF surged to 15.3 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) on Thursday, the highest since 2015 as the National Team made its presence known.

Despite efforts by Chinese car manufacturers to take market share in Germany, they are still a long way from overtaking local producers.