Written by: Angela Akers What a difference a week makes! Last week, the Trump Rally was running hot, and the indexes were hitting highs. This week, economists and the talking heads began discussing “Trumpflation” again and the mood changed drastically. If you recall, “Trumpflation” was a term that was coined leading up to the [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Temperatures have been heating up over the last week as we move toward home base in the 2024 Presidential Election which culminates this coming Tuesday, November 5th. Former President Donald Trump is running on the Republican ticket and Vice President Kamala Harris is running on the Democratic ticket, and they [...]
Written by: Angela Akers A couple of weeks ago, October 11, 2024, I wrote an Essay entitled, “An Understanding Of Earnings Growth.” In the Essay, I compared the VectorVest GRT forecast for the S&P 500 to the FactSet Earnings Growth and the actual growth. As a reminder, VectorVest Earnings Growth (GRT) reflects a one [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Third quarter earnings season began in earnest last Friday with upbeat earnings from JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo and fully bloomed this week as Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Bank of America followed suit, beating on both the top and bottom lines. All lending support to the economic soft landing the [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Q3 Earnings season kicked off in earnest Friday with a couple of the big banks up to bat; JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC). JPM beat on both the top and bottom lines, while WFC beat on earnings, but revenues were in line with expectations. Next Tuesday, we’ll see [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Relevant information causes stock prices to rise and fall. Relevant information is any news that causes the perceived value of a stock to rise or fall. There was a barrage of relevant information this week. Fed Chair Powell’s speech Monday noted the economy is strong and that “significant progress” has [...]
Written by: Angela Akers In last week’s “Special Presentation,” Mr. Steve Chappell discussed and demonstrated the efficacy and effectiveness of the VectorVest RealTime Derby. The Derby analyzes, sorts, ranks and graphs the second-by-second performance of 169 portfolios. It tracks each portfolio’s performance from the current day’s opening bell and displays the results from the [...]
Written by: Angela Akers The Federal Reserve delivered a 50-basis point rate cut this week, which was unexpected until a few days ago. Fed Chair Powell was clear that the Fed is “committed to maintaining” economic strength. The heftier-than-anticipated cut came in the wake of a revision to the jobs data and concern over [...]
Written by: Angela Akers The financial world and talking heads were all a buzz this week about what the economy would look like under Harris versus Trump following Tuesday’s debate and what companies would be a good investment in that regard. Also discussed, the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting where the Fed is widely expected [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Analysts have been calling Nvidia (NVDA) the “most important stock in the world right now” and the earnings report was touted as the “most important earnings call” of the quarter. It’s not surprising because the AI boom that has occurred over the past several years has been led by NVDA. [...]
