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Good morning, everyone, and thanks for swinging by. We’ve got a lot of green on the screen again, as the /ES approaches lifetime highs.…..
Should You Even Care About The Santa Rally?
Deck the halls, because it’s the most wonderful time of the year – on Wall Street.
Well, that would most likely depend on who you’re talking to, and whether you’re steering the conversation in a direction towards bullish sentiments over the ever-fantasized Santa Rally that makes an appearance once a year.
Fund managers and investors are hopeful that the upcoming month and early days of January could provide them with a major upside, as they shrug off earlier losses and navigate the potential hard realities of investing in a market fraught with stick inflation, high-interest rates, and under-valued stocks.
(more…)Long-Term Economic Peak
I’ve shared this before, but I am absolutely dumbstruck at the beautiful regularity of this long-term cycle. I’d say we’re sort of at “peak economy” right now, wouldn’t you? It’ll make for more gasoline to throw into the political firestorm of next year if things do indeed start noticeably shrinking.
