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Rising Consumer Confidence: How to Position Your Portfolio for Maximum Gains

Consumer confidence is a key indicator of economic health, reflecting the overall optimism or pessimism that consumers feel about their financial situation and the economy at large. When consumer confidence is high, it signals that people are more likely to spend money on goods and services, driving economic growth. For stock investors, rising consumer confidence […]

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Marine Construction

Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (ORN): Can ORN Maintain Its Current Growth?

Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (ORN) is a leading specialty construction company delivering infrastructure and marine construction services. It operates in the heavy civil construction market, focusing on delivering turnkey solutions that address the challenges of complex public and private infrastructure projects. The company’s key services include marine construction, such as the building of ports, waterways, […]

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US Jobs Report Likely to Show Subtle Progress for Fed: Eco Week

(Bloomberg) — The latest reading of the US labor market on Friday is expected to show job growth on more of the downward glide path sought by Federal Reserve policy makers in their fight to beat back inflation. Payrolls are projected to have risen about 200,000 in November, a second month of decelerating gains. Such […]

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Stagflation

Wall Street Rebuffs Soft-Landing Dream as 92% Bet on Stagflation

(Bloomberg) — On the most optimistic corners of Wall Street, promising inflation data over the past week or so suggest the Federal Reserve may accomplish a soft landing after all. Yet no such belief prevails among the big money managers, who are betting that an economic downturn riddled with still-hot price pressures will define trading […]

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Dollar Is Still King for Strategists Looking Beyond Rout

(Bloomberg) — The dollar has notched up its worst week since the early days of the Covid pandemic, but analysts think a long-running stampede for the greenback might not be over just yet. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index slumped around 3.5% this week, its biggest loss since March 2020. Investors had been trimming bets on […]

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Strong Dollar Seen Hurting US Outlook and Even Tilting Fed Path

(Bloomberg) — A strong dollar is likely to weigh negatively on the US economic outlook and could alter how high the Federal Reserve ultimately raises interest rates, economists surveyed by Bloomberg said. Nearly half of the economists said that international fallout from a strong dollar was either somewhat likely or very likely to spill back […]

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Fed Is Losing Billions, Wiping Out Profits That Funded Spending

(Bloomberg) — Profits and losses aren’t usually thought of as a consideration for central banks, but rapidly mounting red ink at the Federal Reserve and many peers risks becoming more than just an accounting oddity. The bond market is enduring its worst selloff in a generation, triggered by high inflation and the aggressive interest-rate hikes […]

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Between Cornell and Colgate, a Hard Lesson in College Economics

(Bloomberg) — Since 1824, it’s sat at a quiet crossroads of American higher education, surrounded by richer, more prestigious institutions like Cornell University and Colgate University. Now, tiny Cazenovia College, in rural upstate New York, is fast becoming a case study for the financial pressures driving scores of small, not-so-famous colleges to the brink. At […]

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US Economy

Morgan Stanley’s Wilson Sours on US Earnings Amid Growth Jitters

(Bloomberg) — One of Wall Street’s biggest bears is turning even more pessimistic on the outlook for US earnings against the backdrop of a slowdown in economic growth. Morgan Stanley strategist Michael J. Wilson cut his expectations for earnings-per-share growth for the year, saying that a slowing economy is now likely to be a bigger […]

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Tesla
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Tesla Pauses Plants After Ending Shaky Quarter With a Production Milestone

(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. investors have a lot to parse after the July 4 holiday: a disappointing quarter of deliveries, a record month of production, and now several weeks of downtime at multiple plants. The electric-car maker will halt most production on its Model Y assembly line in Shanghai for the first two weeks of […]

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Inflation

Cathie Wood Sees Huge Inventories as Evidence Inflation Will Ebb

(Bloomberg) — Cathie Wood says the massive inventories now held by US companies suggest that inflation will die down. “I’ve never seen inventory surges like this in my career and I’ve been around for a long time,” the head of Ark Investment Management said in an interview with Bloomberg Television Wednesday. “This inventory issue highlights […]

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Oil

Goldman Says Oil Needs to Rally Further to Solve Market Deficit

(Bloomberg) — Oil prices are likely to extend gains as global crude stockpiles need to be rebuilt in the face of rebounding Chinese demand and reduced production from Russia, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Brent crude will need to average $135 a barrel in the 12 months from July, up $10 from the bank’s […]

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Goldman’s Waldron Warns of Unprecedented Economic Shocks, Echoing Dimon

(Bloomberg) — A top Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive echoed Jamie Dimon’s pessimistic tone, warning of tougher times ahead amid a string of shocks rattling the global economy. “This is among — if not the most — complex, dynamic environments I’ve ever seen in my career,” Goldman President John Waldron said at an investor conference […]

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Jamie Dimon Says JPMorgan Is Bracing Itself for Economic ‘Hurricane’

(Bloomberg) — Jamie Dimon warned investors to prepare for an economic “hurricane” as the economy struggles against an unprecedented combination of challenges, including tightening monetary policy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “That hurricane is right out there down the road coming our way,” the JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive officer said at a conference […]

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Sequoia Capital Warns Founders After ‘Crucible Moment’

(Bloomberg) — Calling the current environment a “crucible moment,” Sequoia Capital warned that the good times are not only over, there’s no indication when they’ll return. In a Zoom call earlier this month with the founders of its approximately 250 portfolio companies, the venture firm reviewed a 50-page presentation titled “Adapting to Endure,” according to […]

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