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Wheat Prices and our Bread

Wheat Prices and our Bread

Ukraine is the Kansas of Europe. They’re a huge supplier of wheat and corn. So, when their country is threatened grain prices are impacted.

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War and Stocks

War and Stocks

Starting with Russia and Ukraine, the truth is the U.S. economy, and the overall stock market probably won’t be impacted much by the recent conflict.

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Nice Jump

Nice Jump

The 10-year yield jumped to the significant 2% mark in the last few days because of the latest inflation numbers.

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Rough January

The stock market hates uncertainty, and the first month of this year was ripe for uncertainty.

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Just Supersize it

Due to rising inflation, McDonald’s announced that it expects their food and paper costs to almost double this year compared to what they were paying for the same things in 2021.

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“How are the Roads”

“How are the Roads”

I don’t see the 2022 market repeating the 2021 market that looked great the first quarter coming out of the pandemic shutdowns of 2020.

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Stock Market Insights

Stock Market Insights

We now have October’s inflation numbers, and they weren’t good. In fact, they were much worse than expected.

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Stock Market Insights

Stock Market Insights

on November 3, the Federal Reserve announced at the end of its Open Market Committee meeting that it was going to begin hitting the brakes on the pace of the monthly amount of its bond purchases this month (quantitative easing).

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Stock Market Insights

Stock Market Insights

In the past week, stocks went up but have been feeling inflation pressure. Inflation continues to be the big topic in the stock market in October.

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Stock Market Insights

Stock Market Insights

Since this bull market started at the beginning of 2009, the S&P 500 index, which tracks the 500 largest companies on the stock exchange, has beat analysts’ earnings expectations 47 out of 48 quarters according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Stock Market Insights

Stock Market Insights

The 50-day moving average helps us see trends in stock to see where the stock or index is gaining strength or showing weakness by drawing a line on the chart that shows the average closing price from the past 50 trading sessions.

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Stock Market Insights

Stock Market Insights

The first two weeks of September have been the worst of the year. There have been a few negative reports, but nothing major enough to justify investors’ fears.

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