The overall theme for 2023 is “better days ahead.” getty My overall macro theme for 2022 was “still growing but yet slowing.” The theme proved to be relatively accurate, at least as it relates to the economy overall (as of December 14, 2022, the Federal Reserve’s median forecast for U.S. Real GDP growth in 2022 ...

Risk Considerations Yields are subject to change with economic conditions. Yield is only one factor that should be considered when making an investment decision.  Equity securities may fluctuate in response to news on companies, industries, market conditions and general economic environment. Bonds are subject to interest rate risk. When interest rates rise, bond prices fall; ...

Stepping into 2022, none of us could have imagined that the year would bring with it the biggest military attack since World War II, the first truly global energy crisis, global inflation not seen since the 1980s, and the unwinding of the 14-year-long quantitative easing program. But it did. The result was uncertainty. Lots of ...

MetalMiner follows the LME (London Metal Exchange) very closely, as it remains the largest commodities exchange for base metal options and futures. Recently, we mentioned how the LME had quietly withdrawn its precious metals contracts due to low liquidity. However, that’s only part of the story when it comes to dwindling LME stock. Both LME ...

When your company’s stock price becomes a rollercoaster, should you change your financial plan or … [+] stick with it? getty Stock-price volatility and market declines can rattle anyone—especially this time. Between the market lows of 2008–2009 and the recent market shocks caused by the pandemic and inflation, many employees with stock options and restricted ...

US stocks barely closed higher at the end of last week and flirted with bear market territory. US consumer and retail stocks remain under pressure alongside industrials as recession fears intensify.  Indeed while inflation concern remain elevated, recession fears are increasing. US Treasury yields are finally coming off the boil amid such fears, with May ...

During times of volatility and uncertainty Bitcoin continues to outperform all other major asset classes making the wider crypto market increasingly hard to ignore by institutions looking for portfolio diversification. Once the outsider of traditional finance the sentiment around digital assets is turning in favour of crypto with recent reports showing that most institutions have ...