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Cocoa Bean Market Will Remain Deficient for the Third Consecutive Year
Feb 05, 2024
Cocoa futures prices kept rising non-stop for the sixth straight session on Friday and hit their highest in more th...
Schwab Dividend Stocks of America ETF (SCHD): To Kill Two Birds with One Shot
Jan 26, 2024
Picking individual stocks is not an easy task, and not everyone has his aspiration for such a tiring job amidst an...
The U.S. National Debt Broke a Record Again, Topping $34 Trillion.
Jan 08, 2024
It took only 3 months to reach new highs. Back in June 2023, Joe Biden suspended the national debt limit until Janu...
Fed’s “Dovish Touch” Helped S&P 500 and Dow Jones to Overcome Doldrums: What’s Next?
Dec 18, 2023
The S&P 500 ended the week up 2.49% at 4,719.19 on Friday, posting gains in four of five sessions.
New Israeli-Hamas Events Point to Increasing Chances of Further Oil Price Spikes
Oct 18, 2023
Tension escalated in the Middle East after hundreds were killed in a blast at a Gaza hospital, sparking concerns ab...
DXY Dollar Index Little Changed Despite Stalling Talks about Debt Ceiling Increase
May 10, 2023
The DXY Dollar Index Spot is trading nearly unchanged today at 101.72, seemingly ignoring the latest news about sta...
Best Index Funds to Invest in for April 2023
Apr 21, 2023
The Bankrate.com recently conducted a survey to define best index funds that would cater to investors needs to hedg...
Dow Jones U.S. Banks Index vs. Dow Jones Industrial Average Index: The Moment of Truth
Apr 11, 2023
NYT published a highly polemic article in the wake of the start of the U.S. quarterly reporting season, saying Wall...
Biden’s CHIPS Act Prompts to Take a More Detailed Look at Semiconductor Stocks and ETFs
Dec 01, 2022
The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX), an exchange-traded fund holding 30 hot semiconductor stocks.
Diesel Fuel: Crunch Time Is Coming, Unless Something Changes
Oct 26, 2022
After a short pause, Diesel futures trading in New York surged almost back to the highest level in records going ba...
ITA: Defense Stocks as Apparent Pick amidst Escalation of Geopolitical Wars
Oct 12, 2022
The iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF is up 191% over the past 10 years but has been relatively flat over the pa...
OPEC+ To Cut Production By Two Million Barrels a Day
Oct 06, 2022
OPEC+ announced a much larger-than-expected production cut. The recommendation from the panel of OPEC+ ministers fo...
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