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Profits Looks To Be Down

Profits looks to be down in this critical earnings week Even before Walmart’s warning, Wall Street analysts were cutting forecasts for corporate profits over the next year, Matt writes. Why it matters: After a surge of pandemic-era profitability, corporate America’s fat bottom lines are being pinched by a range of… Read More »Profits Looks To Be Down

Keep On Trucking

Why it matters: At the height of the supply chain crisis, transportation companies pointed to a shortage of truckers as a contributing factor. Truckers and labor advocates were quick to say low pay, poor working conditions and high turnover were driving the problem. Now that shortage is easing, and possibly… Read More »Keep On Trucking

Loonie Is Trading Low

How energy policy can affect exchange rate and why now is a great time to visit Canada. When oil prices are in the $100 per barrel range, as they are now, the Canadian dollar has historically traded at or near parity with its U.S. counterpart. Given that the U.S. is… Read More »Loonie Is Trading Low

Homes Built

It is supply and demand, what can people afford and what can products be sold for. As builds are not instantaneous and a lot speculation have happened in the housing markets. Builders are wise to cool building and maintain a steady supply without flooding the market and be forced to… Read More »Homes Built

Yield Curve

As fears about being in or entering recession occupy us, we look for indicators of where we are at and the Yield Curve is one such thing. Driving the news: Growing fears about inflation have hammered a key measure of the yield curve in recent days, pushing it suddenly much… Read More »Yield Curve

Homebuilder Sentiment

As material costs and interest rates rise, home builders are pulling back. Homebuilders are rapidly losing confidence in their ability to turn a profit on new houses, Nathan writes. Homebuilder sentiment experienced its second-largest one-month drop in July, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index… Read More »Homebuilder Sentiment