Above the Noise: Reflections on a year of market growth
Key takeaways Season to reflect As we say goodbye to 2024, here’s a trip down memory lane to revisit themes that shaped markets over the past 12 months. Themes to remember A resilient US economy,...
View ArticleContinuing Claims Surge To a 37-Month High: Dec. 26, 2024
One may have thought that the loftiest level of continuing unemployment claims in over three years would have pushed yields south, but similar to sports and the weather, Wall Street isn’t short on...
View ArticleIBKR Python API Essential Components
Learn how to use the EClient and EWrapper classes with this easy-to-follow practical tutorial!
View ArticleMade In China, Paid In America: What Trump’s New Tariffs Mean For The US Economy
Chinese imports still account for 24% of U.S. appliance purchases and 39% of consumer electronics like telephones, driving up inflation.
View ArticleThe Transatlantic Energy Trade
For years the center of gravity for global LNG trade was in Asia. China, India, Japan and South Korea were routinely over 60% of global LNG imports.
View ArticleA General Approach for Exploiting Statistical Arbitrage Alphas
Statistical arbitrage is a well-understood concept: find pairs or baskets of assets you expect to move together, wait for them to diverge, and bet on them converging again.
View ArticleStocks Hit a Trump Bump: Dec. 27, 2024
Anxiety over expected trade disaccords alongside weaker data from the international economic calendar has sparked a Trump bump in US stocks.
View ArticleThere Goes Santa Claus?
Today is a reminder that just because a “Santa Claus” rally is a statistical likelihood, it is far from guaranteed.
View ArticleHigh points for economic data scheduled for December 30 week
The New Year’s Day observance sits in the middle of the December 30 week. This means some disruptions to normal release patterns. There is an early close for bond markets on Tuesday, and a full close...
View ArticleThe Wild Robot of 2024
The S&P 500 Index returned 50% over the past two years as euphoria over the transformative power of AI drove stock prices higher.
View ArticleForecasting Earnings, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Versus Equity Analysts
Given the potential of AI to deal with large data, an important question is: Can AI outsmart seasoned analysts?
View ArticleAI in the Financial Sector
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a very popular topic, but how does it impact financial services? Are there pros and cons to this? What type of drivers are causing the surge of AI implementation within...
View ArticleSanta Rally: Down but Not Out
The so-called Santa Claus rally refers to the market’s tendency to rise during the last five trading sessions of a calendar year through the first two of the new year. At this point, it might be...
View ArticleInvestors Book Profits Ahead of 2025: Dec. 30, 2024
Investors are trimming equities in favor of fixed-income during low-volume trading today as the year comes to a close.
View ArticleSome repair work as 2024 draws to a close
This week has not gotten off to a good start for the stock market, but some repair work is being attempted in the equity futures market that will send the cash indices higher at today's open -- the...
View ArticleCharged: Analysts see Tesla Q4 deliveries missing consensus expectations
UBS and GLJ Research both expect Tesla to report deliveries for Q4 slightly below consensus estimates.
View ArticleGap Trading Strategy: Based on the Markov Rule | EPAT Project
The trading strategy focuses on gap trading in Indian equities, specifically targeting stocks with lower volatility and avoiding high-volatility market conditions.
View Article25 Years Ago Today, Many of Us Were Terrified
It seems like a quaint anachronism now, but Y2K was all too real for many of us. It was 25 years ago, right about now and in the days leading up to it, there was an undercurrent of concern, if not...
View ArticleTwo Years in a Row With Gains Over 20%: Dec. 31, 2024
Stocks are ending 2024 on a high note as equities recover from yesterday’s losses.
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