MARKET NEWS
Feb 07, 2025
Where Does Money Come From?
All money is lent into existence. The Federal Reserve or the government does not print money. Those two facts are vital to understanding our lead question: where does money come from? Furthermore,...
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Feb 07, 2025
Rising Yields and Reckless Spending: America's Inflation and Debt Crisis
I want to expand a bit on market liquidity and why modeling it is so crucial to the economy, inflation, and money management. Liquidity is the progenitor of Pento Portfolio Strategies’ Inflation...
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Feb 07, 2025
Markets Weekly Outlook – Inflation Fears Rise With Tariffs Ahead of US CPI Release
Markets had an interesting end to the week with a mixed bag of jobs data leaving a lot to be desired. However, in 2025 Fridays have proven anything but disappointing thus far, and this week did not...
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Feb 07, 2025
Alibaba: How the Stock Could Defy Trade Tariffs and Surge Higher
Investors have had to deal with the recent stock market volatility that has come along with President Trump's latest round of tariffs. While these are leaving a lot of uncertainty across the economy...
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Feb 07, 2025
BigBear.ai: Can New Leadership and Deregulation Unlock Growth?
BigBearai Holdings Inc (NYSE:BBAI) provides artificial intelligence (AI)-powered decision-intelligence solutions. On February 5, 2025, its stock price climbed to a 52-week high. This coincides with a...
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Feb 07, 2025
Week Ahead: Will US CPI Be a Positive Distraction Amid Trump’s Tariff Games?
US consumer and producer prices are the main focal point. UK economic output data is to be watched too. But Trump and tariff headlines might be a bigger market driver. Trump rattles markets with...
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Feb 07, 2025
Week Ahead: Fed Chair Powell, US, China and Swiss CPI, US Retail Sales, UK GDP
SUN: Chinese Inflation (Jan) MON: Norwegian CPI (Jan) and GDP (Q4/Oct), EZ Sentix Index (Feb), UK GDP (Q4) TUE: EIA STEO WED: OPEC MOMR, US CPI (Jan) THU: IEA OMR, NZ Inflation Forecasts (Q1),...
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Feb 07, 2025
US Dollar: Traders Pause Selling as Nonfarm Payrolls Data Looms
Dollar rebounds ahead of NFP data. BoE cuts rates by 25bps, ultra-hawk votes for double cut. Canada’s jobs data to shake BoC expectations. S&P 500 and Nasdaq gain, Dow Jones slides. US Jobs...
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Feb 07, 2025
Forecasting Errors Could Put Fed on Wrong Side Again
The Federal Reserve’s record of forecasting has frequently led it to respond too late to changes in economic and financial conditions. In the most recent FOMC meeting, the Federal Reserve changed its...
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Feb 06, 2025
Gold Dips as Investors Brace for Key US Employment Report
Upcoming NFP Report Puts Bearish Pressure on Gold The gold (XAU/USD) price declined by 0.3% on Thursday as the US dollar (USD) strengthened ahead of the critical US jobs report. XAU/USD has been...
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