S&P 500 Index Stock Discussion

In August, market watchers will be keeping a close eye on key economic events and data, including Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, nonfarm payrolls, inflation data, retail sales figures and FOMC minutes.
Meanwhile, critical earnings reports are anticipated from industry heavyweights. Investors will be particularly attentive to the financial disclosures from $Apple(AAPL.US)$, $Amazon(AMZN.US)$, and ...

$S&P/TSX Composite Index(.SPTSX.CA)$ soared to its 14th record high in 2024 on Friday, with the composite index climbing 1.25%, as the Fed indicated that a rate cut could come as soon as the September meeting. For the month, the index has risen 5.65%, marking its most significant monthly increase since November 2023.
This recent rally of the TSX can be credited to a confluence of positive factors:
1. The Bank of Canada's two rate cuts ...

We reviewed asset performance when the Federal Reserve started its previous rounds of interest rate cuts. The rules are as follows:
(1) U.S. stocks: Most of them rise, and will continue to fall only when interest rates are cut in conjunction with recession $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ ;
(2) U.S. Treasury bonds: Yields all show a downward trend; $iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF(TLT.US)$
(3) The US dollar: mostly weak in the short term, with no consistent pattern in the medium and long term;
(4) Gold...

$Bitcoin(BTC.CC)$
Source from Odaily: https://www.odaily.news/post/5197293
Original author: TechFlow
The price changes of Bitcoin are the weather vane of the entire crypto market.
When the price of a currency rises, other crypto assets tend to rise with it, and vice versa.
Therefore, predicting the changes in Bitcoin prices and analyzing which factors will affect the price of the currency have become the "monthly post" in crypto...

The pace of wage growth fell to the lowest level in three years, signaling a slowdown in the US labor market and further strengthening expectations of a rate cut in September.
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The Employment Cost Index (ECI), which measures wages and benefits, rose by only 0.9% in the second quarter, below the market expectation of 1% and the previous value of 1.2%. Previously, this index had recorded its largest increase in a year in the first quarter of 2024.
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US Market Key Charts (S&P, US Dollar, Gold)
$E-mini S&P 500 Futures(SEP4)(ESmain.US)$(4 Hour Chart) -[BEARISH ↘ *]S&P pushed higher and is now approaching short-term resistance at 5630.75. We turn bearish with low conviction for now, expecting price to drop lower towards 5503.00 support. Stochastic indicator is testing resistance where price reacted in the past.
Alternatively: A 4 hour candlestick closing above 5630.75 resistan...