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Written by: Angela Akers As expected, Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, and his mighty band of freedom fighters cut the key interest rate by 25 basis points Wednesday, that was the “good news.” However, the “bad news” was that the Fed signaled fewer cuts in 2025 than previously projected, dropping to two rate cuts from the four forecasted [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Sometimes investing inspiration and ideas spark from random events. This week, I happen to be in North Carolina for our annual VectorVest Christmas party. I was randomly discussing “Christmas colors” over coffee with a colleague and she mentioned that gold was also a Christmas color. I agreed and we moved on. However, [...]
Written by: Angela Akers “Plan your trade and trade your plan” is a saying I’ve heard many times working in this field. While it’s not easy to nail down exactly who came up with that saying, it has been attributed to early trend followers. VectorVest is the epitome of “trend following,” and Dr. DiLiddo always believed [...]
Written by: Angela Akers The Russell 2000 is the quintessential index of the Small Cap market and is up 19.60% year-to-date through November 26, 2024. More than 8% of that gain came during the post-election market run. I ran across an article on Financial Times Monday morning titled “Trump rally carries US small-cap stocks [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Crypto has been flying high since the results of the election. The reason should not be a surprise. Throughout his campaign, President re-elect Trump openly supported Bitcoin and touted that he’d like to make the US the “crypto capital of the planet.” This week, it became apparent that the 47th [...]
Written by: Angela Akers What a difference a week makes! Last week, the Trump Rally was running hot, and the indexes were hitting highs. This week, economists and the talking heads began discussing “Trumpflation” again and the mood changed drastically. If you recall, “Trumpflation” was a term that was coined leading up to the [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Temperatures have been heating up over the last week as we move toward home base in the 2024 Presidential Election which culminates this coming Tuesday, November 5th. Former President Donald Trump is running on the Republican ticket and Vice President Kamala Harris is running on the Democratic ticket, and they [...]
