Seasonal trends are an often-discussed topic on Wall Street, especially at this time of year as the market approaches the so-called “Santa Gathering” window in late December. This year’s bear market certainly has investors hoping for a bit of holiday cheer. So we thought we’d take a look at what the Santa’s Rally phenomenon is …
Amazon Web Services has been its parent company’s biggest growth engine for most of the past decade, taking business with some of the world’s largest technology vendors. But as companies face the most discouraging economic environment since the 2008 financial crisis, those massive checks they send to AWS for their technology infrastructure are coming under …
Amazon’s cloud unit faces cost-sensitive customers as economic fears rise Read More »
My Top 10 Things to Watch Friday, December 2, 2022 1. US stock futures point to a weaker open as bond yields rise on stronger-than-expected job growth and wage inflation in November. Non-farm payrolls increased by 263,000. The country’s unemployment rate remains, as expected, at 3.7%. Average hourly earnings up 0.6% month-over-month and 5.1% year-over-year, …
It’s understandable why the United States felt the need to act quickly to keep powerful semiconductors out of the hands of the Chinese government. It’s best to move from a position of strength before it’s too late. However, as chip stock shareholders, it still hurts. As you may recall, Club holding Nvidia (NVDA) was particularly …
Let’s say you wanted to design a program to reduce inflation. Wouldn’t you do exactly what Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is doing? You would raise rates aggressively, and I defy you to say that it does more than that. You’d ignore positive numbers like the weak consumer price index printed last week by sending …
Jim Cramer: Why the two-day rally that ended last week matters – and what to expect next Read More »
Following a historic stock market rally on Thursday, the best single-session gain in more than two years, we wanted to provide members with a quick update on our current thoughts on the 32 stocks held in Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust. , which we use as our club’s portfolio. Apple (AAPL): Own it, don’t trade it; …
