Good morning. Many investors bet on gold in the early stages of the pandemic, when it was clear ...
It's the monthly jobs numbers today and they're not going to be pretty and will be possibly the tip of the iceberg as we head into May.
| | Military Defense Impacted by Domestic Uranium Shortage?
| | | | | Few people know that the U.S. military's nuclear fleet is the largest uranium fuel consumer in the world. About 160 U.S. ships are powered by over 200 small nuclear reactors. While most are submarines, some icebreakers and aircraft carriers are also nuclear-powered.
Unfortunately, current U.S. reliance on Russian state-owned sources for our uranium supply leaves our entire nuclear energy sector - including defense - vulnerable to geopolitical conflict such as Russia's war against Ukraine.
See the Factors Creating New Uranium Investment Opportunities | | | | | | DOW 33,203.93 | +0.53% | | | | S&P 3,844.82 | +0.59% | | | | NASDAQ 10,497.86 | +0.21% | | | | *As of market close | | • | Stocks were closed on Monday, in observance of Christmas. | | | | | | | | | | | Keep Plugging Away at Industry Leaders Amid This Challenging Year | | | | For long-term investors, there's no better place to be than in industry leaders. Every industry has one. The company that has better products and profit margins than competitors. In a bull market, they're correspondingly more expensive. In a bear market, that may be true… but the company's valuation may be better. That's why patient investors can pick up great companies at a far more reasonable value during a bear market. Doing so can lead to market-beating profits on a rebound. » FULL STORY | | | | | | Insider Trading Report: Coinbase Global (COIN) | | | | Lutke Tobias, a director at Coinbase Global (COIN), recently bought 10,520 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 7 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $365,000. The director has been a regular buyer of shares, with over a dozen purchases since August. Other company executives have exercised options or sold shares over the same time, even as the stock has been declining heavily in recent months. » FULL STORY | | | | | | Unusual Options Activity: AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC) | | | | Shares of theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC) have shed 80 percent of their price over the past year as the company has lost its luster as a "meme stock." One trader sees a further decline ahead for shares. That's based on the April $3 puts. With 114 days until expiration, 15,957 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 104, for a staggering 153-fold rise in volume on the trade. The buyer of the puts paid $1.43 to make the bearish bet.
» FULL STORY | | | | | | • | Japan Inflation Hits 40-Year High
The consumer price index in Japan hit a 3.7 percent year-over-year increase for November. That's the highest rate of inflation in Japan since December 1981. The news led to a drop in Asian stocks. The country has been fighting against deflation since its massive stock and property bubble burst in the early 1990s. | | | | • | Tesla Adds More Discounts and Charging Credits for Buyers
Tesla Motors (TSLA) has increased its credits to $7,500 per car bought before the end of the year. That's a doubling from the prior amount. The electric vehicle manufacturer has also added 10,000 miles of free Supercharging credits. The move could allow the company to hit its year-end sales goals. | | | | • | Musk Sees No Stock Sales In 2023
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has been a major seller of shares over the past year, part of which was used to fund his purchase of social media platform Twitter. The CEO states that he intends no further stock sales, until at least 2024. | | | | • | Sears Faces Last Christmas
Department store chain Sears used to the largest in the world. Now, it's down to just 15 stores, and may close in the next year. That's down from over 3,500 stores in the US alone when the company merged with Kmart in 2005. The merger was followed by asset sales, including valuable real estate that many stores sat on. | | | | • | Twitter Adds to Employee Layoffs
Layoffs continue at Twitter, with employees in the engineering and public policy department being the latest to face termination. Overall, it's estimated that about three-quarters of staffers have been laid off or have left since the company was taken private. | | | | | | TOP | | APA | 5.818% | | | KMX | 4.86% | | | HES | 4.509% | | | COP | 4.314% | | | HAL | 4.209% | | | BOTTOM | | MRNA | 4.45% | | | ILMN | 2.498% | | | DXCM | 2.076% | | | TSLA | 2.018% | | | DHI | 1.716% | | | | | | | | | From a broader market and economic perspective, nothing's different next year. The trend is still the trend that remains in place. | | - Dan Greenhaus, chief strategist at Solus Alternative Asset Management, on why investors shouldn't expect the stock market to start heading higher just because the calendar year changes in less than a week. | | |
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