LinkUp job openings plunge in January

LinkUp job openings plunge in January

A small pop in the JOLTS measure of job openings in December. Too bad that the LinkUp measure, which tallies openings posted by 10,000 companies on their own corporate websites, showed no such improvement and continued to plunge in January.

By: Peter Berezin

Momentum has the S&P 500 trending upwards

Momentum has the S&P 500 trending upwards

A matter of when, not if. The new highs continued last week, and the S&P 500 index is now approaching the upper band of its rising channel. With those highs come ever loftier P/E ratios, with the trailing P/E multiple now reaching 22.4x.

By: Jurrien Timmer

Active management should fare well in 2024

Active management should fare well in 2024

96 years of S&P 500 returns

In the chart above, the amazing team at Macrobond Financial has broken down the S&P 500‘s annual returns into 10 percentage point ranges.

By: Till Christian Budelmann

New lease rents are plummeting

New lease rents are plummeting

Check out what's happening to new lease rents in the CPI's rent survey (which is critical component of Shelter inflation estimates): The cold plunge in new lease rents is even deeper than what most private data sources are showing.

By: Jay Parsons

Where is inflation headed for 2024?

Where is inflation headed for 2024?

For full disclosure I am in the "lower inflation" camp, BUT I must admit that I see a lot of leading indicators of inflation that are pointing higher ... at least for a quarter or two. This could have MAJOR implications for the Fed in 2024.

By: Francois Trahan, M2SD

Magnificent 7 market cap is almost unbelievable

Magnificent 7 market cap is almost unbelievable

So what you are showing is the the US magnificent 7 could offer shares and buy the entire Chinese stock market or ANY other market globally and steal their sovereignty.

By: Chris Galizio