Written by: Angela Akers In last week’s “Special Presentation,” Mr. Steve Chappell discussed and demonstrated the efficacy and effectiveness of the VectorVest RealTime Derby. The Derby analyzes, sorts, ranks and graphs the second-by-second performance of 169 portfolios. It tracks each portfolio’s performance from the current day’s opening bell and displays the results from the [...]
Written by: Angela Akers The Federal Reserve delivered a 50-basis point rate cut this week, which was unexpected until a few days ago. Fed Chair Powell was clear that the Fed is “committed to maintaining” economic strength. The heftier-than-anticipated cut came in the wake of a revision to the jobs data and concern over [...]
Written by: Angela Akers The financial world and talking heads were all a buzz this week about what the economy would look like under Harris versus Trump following Tuesday’s debate and what companies would be a good investment in that regard. Also discussed, the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting where the Fed is widely expected [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Analysts have been calling Nvidia (NVDA) the “most important stock in the world right now” and the earnings report was touted as the “most important earnings call” of the quarter. It’s not surprising because the AI boom that has occurred over the past several years has been led by NVDA. [...]
Written by: Angela Akers It was a bit of an interesting week for investors. The biggest news, and that which affected investors’ risk appetite the most, was anticipation of our fearless Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech. That speech took place this morning, and, as he has done in previous years, Chair [...]
Written by: Angela Akers A softer core Producer Price Index reading sparked a rally Tuesday, but an expected reading on Consumer Prices didn’t have the same, desired effect Wednesday and prices closed only modestly higher. Better-than-expected Retail Sales soothed investors’ fears on Thursday, and they began buying again. After several weeks of red and [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Talk of a recession resurfaced late last week following some downtrodden economic data and Friday’s sell-off continued Monday. As I’m sure you’re all aware, the rest of this week has been a rollercoaster ride. Just 7 trading days into August, the Major Indices have lost an average of 3.8% and [...]
Written by: Angela Akers The Federal Reserve ended their July meeting Wednesday with an announcement that interest rates would remain at current levels. While this move was expected, what investors really wanted to know was when/if and how many cuts we could see this year and the Fed delivered. In the news conference following [...]
Last week, the US Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) Price index edged up to 0.1% month-over-month for June 2024. It follows a flat reading in May, with the June increase in line with forecasts. Within June’s rise, prices for services increased 0.2%, while the cost of goods decreased 0.2%. When food and energy prices are [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Investors went into July with the intent to buy stocks. The Major Indices and the Price of the VVC were rising nicely in the first couple weeks of the month, with the DJI adding 2.79%, the S&P500 rising 3.13%, the Nasdaq picking up 4.17% and the Price of the VectorVest [...]
