Workday, Inc. provides enterprise cloud applications in the United States and internationally.

Abbott Laboratories announces Q4 results with $10.24 billion in revenue and an EPS of $1.19.

The American Cannabis MSOs Index was up 5.0% last week and is now up 22.3% MTD.

The Bank of Canada will hold its first monetary policy meeting of the year today. Like other G10 central banks, the Bank of Canada is not yet ready to cut rates.

Eurozone consumer confidence fell in January. The ECB will likely pause interest rate hikes in the upcoming meeting. Investors will scrutinize ECB chief Christine Lagarde’s press conference for indications of the future direction of rates.

Thursday’s GDP report is expected to show that growth was moderate in the final three months of 2023 – news that will support the ‘soft landing’ view that’s been popular with some economists.

Should the Fed cut now? That is what former Fed economist Claudia Sahm says.

Over the last 15 years, Visa’s share price has risen 86% of the time for an average return of over 9%.

After a strong showing yesterday, the dollar was sold in Asia and Europe. China announced a cut in reserve requirements and took more informal action to support the stock market, which encouraged risk-taking.

Several stocks that changed their dividend policies due to the pandemic and have not yet returned to their pre-COVID practices.

For the last 20, 30, and 100 years, stocks have averaged around an 8-10% return, driven by dividend yield, reinvestment of earnings, and earnings growth.

EUR/USD snaps its recent losses after the improved Manufacturing PMI data. Eurozone Manufacturing PMI improved to 46.6 from the previous reading of 44.4.

Well-documented policy lags suggest that central banks have done more than enough to reverse the inflationary impulse over the next 12 to 24 months.

The British Pound is seeing firm demand across the European morning on Wednesday. GBPUSD is up around 0.72% on the day and close to testing current 2024 highs following some better UK data this morning.

Acer Incorporated is a Taiwanese hardware and electronics manufacturer. Its product range includes PCs, tablets, servers, storage devices, VR devices, displays, smartphones, and peripherals.

Dogecoin price managed to stop the decline at the 0.07600 level yesterday. Shiba Inu’s price dropped to 0.00000843 level yesterday.

In 2023, the proportions have reversed. For First Majestic, silver's share increased to 44%, while gold's share increased to 56%. For Fortuna, 16% silver vs. 75% gold. For Pan America, 20% silver vs. 73% gold.

US dollar index consolidates at around 103.363 ahead of US macro-economic readings, PMI – today & Q4 GDP – tomorrow.

There has been very little to talk about this week with respect to price action in global markets.

The Nasdaq 100 index has surged by over 150% from its pandemic lows. There are signs that the ongoing bull run will continue in the long term. In this case, QQQ will likely do better than the 9.7% yielding JEPQ.