Day: January 28, 2022

Home Mortgage
Mortgage
Mortgage Rates

Mortgage Rates in U.S. Cool After Four Weeks of Increases

(Bloomberg) — Mortgage rates in the U.S. dipped for the first time in a month. The average for a 30-year loan was 3.55%, down from 3.56% the prior week, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. The dip may reassure homeowners there’s still opportunity to save money by refinancing. Still, borrowing costs are expected to […]

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Supply Chain
Supply-Chain Crisis

Cardboard-Box Shortage Is Latest Disruption to Global Shipping

(Bloomberg) — The latest hurdle to shipping goods in a world gripped by pandemic-driven supply chain disruptions is a shortage of cardboard boxes, according to one of the world’s biggest makers of the material. The supply chain is “very stretched” and making and shipping high-demand packing materials to customers is expected to remain tough in […]

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Fed Funds
Fed Meeting
Fed Rate Hikes
Fed Taper
Federal Reserve

Fed Kicks Off Most Aggressive Global Tightening in Decades

(Bloomberg) –Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell fired the starting gun for potentially the biggest and fastest tightening of global monetary policy in years. His hawkish shift included not ruling out U.S. rate hikes at every meeting for the rest of 2022. Over the next week, about a half dozen other central banks, including the Bank […]

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Luxury Apparel

Kim Kardashian’s Skims Doubles Valuation to $3.2 Billion

(Bloomberg) — Kim Kardashian’s underwear label Skims doubled its valuation to $3.2 billion from nine months ago, as investors pour money into emerging brands expected to take market share. The $240 million financing round was led by hedge fund Lone Pine Capital and joined by investment firm D1 Capital Partners, Skims Chief Executive Officer Jens […]

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China
China Economy

China Stocks Enter Bear Market as Yuan Tumbles Most in 7 Months

(Bloomberg) — China’s equity benchmark slid into a bear market while the yuan tumbled the most in seven months, as the Federal Reserve’s hawkish comments added to investor concerns over the nation’s regulatory headwinds. The CSI 300 Index closed 2% lower on Thursday, taking losses from a peak in February to more than 20%. The […]

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Mining
Natural Resources
Rare Earth Mining
Top Stocks
Top Stocks To Watch

3 Top Mining Stocks To Buy Now

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TRQ) Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a mining company. The company explores for copper, gold, and silver deposits. It develops and operates the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine located in Southern Mongolia. BHP Group (BBL) BHP Group engages in the natural resources business in Australia, Europe, China, […]

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Diversified Oil and Gas services
Liquefied Natural Gas
Natural Gas
Natural Gas Crisis
Trade Of The Day

VAALCO Energy, Inc. (EGY) Could Be Your Next Big Oil Trade

VAALCO Energy, Inc., an independent energy company, acquires, explores for, develops, and produces crude oil and natural gas. The company holds Etame production sharing contract related to the Etame Marin block located offshore in the Republic of Gabon in West Africa. EGY $4.1500 0.0200 % 0.4800 Vaalco Energy Inc Sector : Oils-Energy Industry : Signal […]

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Containerships
Crude Oil
Daily Rundown
Multimedia
Natural Gas
Oil Exploration

Fertilizer, Oil and Natural Gas, Multimedia, Transportation

CVR Partners, LP (UAN) CVR Partners, LP, together with its subsidiaries, produces and distributes nitrogen fertilizer products in the United States. The company offers ammonia products for agricultural and industrial customers. Oasis Petroleum Inc. (OAS) Oasis Petroleum Inc., an independent exploration and production company, focuses on the acquisition and development of onshore unconventional oil and […]

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Cash
Containerships
Coronavirus
Correction
COVID-19
Dividend Stocks
Dividend Yields
Dividends
Economy
Fibonacci Retracement
Free Cash Flow
Freight Logistics
Freight Transportation
Fundamental Analysis
Fundamentals
Rail
Railroad Stocks
Shipping Transportation
Technical Analysis
Transportation
Uncategorized
US Economy
Valuations
Value Investing
Value Stocks

CSX is down -12% in 2022. Has it reached useful value yet?

Figuratively speaking, starting a new year generally means not only turning the page, but also closing the book on the year before. From a practical standpoint, as investors that can be a little bit difficult, because the questions that have to be answered about the past year include not only profit and loss, but also […]

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Dry Bulk Shipping
Dry Cargo Vessels
One Hot Stock
Seaborne Shipping
Shipping Transportation

Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NMM) – Buy Price: $29.00 or better

Buy Price: $29.00 or better Sell Price: TradersPro Sell Signal Navios Maritime Partners L.P. owns and operates dry cargo vessels in Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia. The company offers seaborne transportation services for a range of dry cargo commodities, including iron ore, coal, grain, fertilizers, and containers, as well as charters its vessels under […]

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Palm Oil

Red-Hot Rally in Palm Oil Reveals Dirty Jobs That No One Wants

(Bloomberg) — Oil palm planters in Malaysia are confronting a hard truth — behind the red-hot rally in prices are thousands of jobs that nobody wants. While high prices typically encourage planting and production of crops, output in No. 2 grower Malaysia slumped to a five-year low last year and planters say the main reason […]

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ETF

Forgotten BlackRock ETF Posts Mystery $3.7 Billion Inflow in Day

(Bloomberg) — A lifeless BlackRock Inc. ETF with barely any day-to-day inflows over the past 15 years just got a $3.7 billion allocation in one go. Launched in 2007, the iShares MSCI Kokusai exchange-traded fund (ticker TOK) has until now failed to generate much investor interest in its mission to bid up large and mid-cap […]

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China
China Property Bubble
Economic Trends
Economy
Global Economy
US Economy

U.S. and China Rush in Opposite Directions to Save the Global Economy

(Bloomberg) — The firebreak between mounting economic threats and a continuation in the global recovery: an imposing concrete and glass structure in the heart of Beijing’s financial district, elephant statues guarding the door, the Chinese flag flying above. That’s the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China which, in contrast with the U.S. Federal Reserve, […]

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