Oooh Shiny Gold has always been synonymous with luxury. Jewelry, family heirlooms, treasure, you name it. In the distant past, it was even used as currency. Yet for many modern investors, gold occupies an uncertain space. Unlike stocks or bonds, it doesn’t offer cash flows or interest payments, and unlike many major commodities, it has…Read more
Mind Your Margins With most economic data releases on hold due to the government shutdown, company earnings may have even more of an impact on market direction than usual. And as we get ready to kick off the third-quarter earnings season, it’s expected to bring another strong set of results. One of the datasets that…Read more
With the government shutdown delaying the release of the September employment report, investors’ attention will likely turn to one of the few sources of insight still available right now: the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s pivotal September meeting. Held against a politically charged backdrop, that meeting culminated in the first interest rate cut since December….Read more
