Analyst Articles
Veep Touts Weed Reform at White House Event
March 21, 2024
Editor’s Note: Well, today’s Fed announcement was a real surprise… not! Oh well. Let’s get to it! Adobe’s Disappointing Forecast Shares of Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) plunged on Friday after the software company announced weak guidance for the current quarter. Adobe said that it’s… Read More
What Are The Types Of Investors In The Stock Market?
March 20, 2024
Explore the diverse types of investors in the stock market, from retail to institutional, and understand their unique strategies and impacts on trading. Read More
Explore the diverse types of investors in the stock market, from retail to institutional, and understand their unique strategies and impacts on trading. Read More
Investors Continue to Ride High on AI Wave
March 20, 2024
Consumers’ Mood: Watch What We Do, Not What We Say
March 19, 2024
Q&A: Expert Advice From a Wall Street “Rainmaker”
March 18, 2024
Data, Data, Data… Plus Crypto and Cannabis!
March 15, 2024
Happy Friday, dear readers! This week certainly buzzed by quickly — probably because of all the goings on in the world and markets. Let’s get to it! This Week’s Data Dump There was plenty of data on the state of the U.S. economy released this week. In particular, economists were eyeing the Producer Price Index (PPI) February report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), as well as the Census Bureau’s retail sales report for last month. First, the PPI, which measures the prices producers of goods and services receive. These aren’t the prices that… Read More
Happy Friday, dear readers! This week certainly buzzed by quickly — probably because of all the goings on in the world and markets. Let’s get to it! This Week’s Data Dump There was plenty of data on the state of the U.S. economy released this week. In particular, economists were eyeing the Producer Price Index (PPI) February report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), as well as the Census Bureau’s retail sales report for last month. First, the PPI, which measures the prices producers of goods and services receive. These aren’t the prices that consumers pay; rather, they’re the wholesale prices. The PPI can be a good indicator of future consumer prices because it measures upstream costs. If the PPI runs high, we can expect consumer prices — such as those measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) — to be higher in the near future. Anyway, the BLS reported that the PPI rose by 0.6% last month. That’s higher than the 0.3% analysts had been expecting, according to Dow Jones. It’s also higher than the 0.3% uptick recorded for January. On a year-over-year basis, the PPI jumped by 1.6%. Read More