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The Federal Reserve is holding its two-day meeting on September 17-18. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Fed is expected to announce a quarter-point interest rate cut (25 basis points). In advance of the decision, the markets are implying a 1.81% funds rate following the September meeting. Thi... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Major banks have slashed their gold price targets - Morgan Stanley to $4450, JPMorgan to $4500 - after predicting $6000 gold earlier this year.
Ross Givens, a former Wall Street insider, says bank targets tend to follow price rather than lead it. He still expects gold to reach $10000 an ounce this cycle.
Givens points to a backdoor asset that gained 846%, 1668%, and 1915% in the last gold cycle. | | See the trade Ross Givens recommends for this gold cycle now |
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This is the first part of a three-part series about the basics of the options market. In this article, we’ll go over the basics of how options work, the parties involved, and some real-life examples.
An option is a contract between two parties that gives the holder the right, not the obliga... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | A contrarian investor goes against current market trends. He buys out of favor assets that are being slammed on CNBC every day. He shorts the market’s favorite growth stocks. He’s the cooky investor who has a portfolio that is long GameStop and short Square.
Their philosophy can be enca... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | MindWalk Holdings (NASDAQ: HYFT) is applying AI to drug discovery, and its customer base already includes 19 of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies.
The company's HYFT technology maps roughly 660 million biological patterns and 25 billion relationships. Q1 fiscal 2027 revenue hit $3.8 million, with gross margin improving to 59 percent in its fifth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.
A new OpenFold3 deployment delivered about 5x faster antibody-antigen inference, and a $30 million revolving credit line, free of warrants or equity conversion, adds fuel for expansion. | | Take a closer look at HYFT before AI reshapes drug discovery. |
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One of the dangers of the ongoing trade war between the United States and China is the opportunity cost that investors are paying by pulling money out of the market. Many institutional investors are decreasing their exposure to equities. Once Wall Street starts to pull their money out of the marke... Read the Full Story |
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Competing surveys present a conflicting picture for food stocks. In 2017, the USDA reported that, for the first time, Americans were spending more money eating at restaurants than they were eating at home. Yet the restaurant industry is still no sure thing. In 2018, the Census Bureau reported that... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | When Moonshot AI's new model rattled overnight markets, stocks gapped down 1 percent before the open, and history shows the story doesn't end there.
Between 9 30 and 9 50 AM, Wall Street settles nearly 25 percent of the day's total volume in a single 20 minute window, often revealing market direction for the rest of the morning.
A former money manager breaks down the floor data behind this pattern, including a June 25th session where inflation surged past 4 percent and the market moved just 0.3 percent afterward. | | Watch the full video breakdown before access is taken down |
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October 29, 1929. October 19, 1987. These are dates that live in infamy in the minds of investors. In two days in 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the Dow) dropped 25%, or $30 billion. In 1987, the Dow dropped 22.6% in a single day, the worst one-day loss in the history of the exchange.
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Apple is scheduled to announce the launch of new products. The headliner, as is usually the case, will be a new line of the company’s signature iPhone. The company is widely expected to release three new iPhones – the successors to the iPhone XS, XS Max and iPhone XR. Perhaps the only ... Read the Full Story |
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Every investor looks for some objective performance standard to measure the success of their investments. A stock market index is one of the most common standards. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is the oldest and arguably the most well-known stock market index. However, “the Dow&rdq... Read the Full Story |
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By now you know that on August 14, the United States bond market saw the yield on 2-year Treasury notes climb above the yield on 10-year Treasury notes. The “2-10 spread” is a significant marker for analysts. An inversion in this spread has occurred in advance of the last nine recessio... Read the Full Story |
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On a recent weekend trip, I was made aware that the future was closer to reality than I thought. While walking through the city, I did a double-take when my son said, “Dad, why does my phone say 5G?”
I took out my phone and there it was in the upper left-hand corner of my screen. Ins... Read the Full Story |
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The Early Bird Stock Of The Day BancFirst Corporation operates as the bank holding company for BancFirst that provides a range of commercial banking services to retail customers, and small to medium-sized businesses. The company operates through BancFirst Metropolitan Banks, BancFirst Community Banks, Pegasus, Worthington, and Other Financial Services segments. It offers checking accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, sweep accounts, club accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit, as well as overdraft protection and auto draft services. The company also provides commercial and agricultural non-real estate loans for working capital, facilities acquisition or expansion, purchase of equipment, and other needs; lending services that include private banking, energy, commercial and residential real estate, and commercial and industrial loans; and loans to finance purchases of consumer goods, such as automobiles, boats, household goods, vacations, and education. In addition, it engages in the investment management and administration of trusts for individuals, corporations, and employee benefit plans, as well as bond trustee and paying agent business for various Oklahoma municipalities and governmental entities; and provision of item processing, research, and other correspondent banking services to financial institutions and governmental units. Further, the company provides insurance agency services; depository and funds transfer, collection, safe deposit box, cash management, and other services. It serves customers in non-metropolitan trade centers and cities in the metropolitan statistical areas of Oklahoma. The company was formerly known as United Community Corporation and changed its name to BancFirst Corporation in November 1988. BancFirst Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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