The stock market rally had solid gains in the holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week, but the S&P 500 index is coming up to its 200-day moving average, a key resistance area.

 

Today's Stocks & Topics: Winners and Losers on Black Friday, Living Paycheck-To-Paycheck, HEES - H&E Equipment Services Inc., Stock Screeners, BTU - Peabody Energy Corp., AVUS - Avantis U.S. Equity ETF, AAPL - Apple Inc., Trimming Energy Stocks, MTZ - MasTec Inc., DIN - Dine Brands Global Inc., METC - Ramaco Resources Inc., Tax-Loss Harvesting, TDS - Telephone & Data Systems Inc., Interest Rates, EQNR - Equinor ASA ADR, ABG - Asbury Automotive Group Inc.

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In this compilation program, Steve Peasley and Justin Klein field a variety of finance and investment questions from callers across the United States and around the world.

Today's Stocks & Topics: 401K & Roth IRA, KPP Portfolio Review, Investing in Real Time, Treasury Notes, Volume and Capitulation, Tax Exempt, Bond Maturity, CD Rates, Real Estate Loans, Young Investor, Tax-loss Harvesting & The Wash Rule, Support and Resistance Numbers, 401-K, Book-The Fourth Turning.

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In this compilation program, Steve Peasley and Justin Klein field a variety of finance and investment questions from callers across the United States and around the world.

Today's Stocks & Topics: Economic Indicators, S&P Index Fund, How Do Stock Market Grow, Investing Strategy, Investing for Retirement, Small Cap Funds, Interest Rates, Value Funds, P.E. Ratio, Real Estate Sale, FED and Money Print, Earnings, Vanguard Robo Advisor, Covered Calls, Cash, Corporate Bonds.

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The S&P Index reached its historical peak on January 3, 2022, and the trend has been downward ever since-- but investors remember how the buy-the-dip strategy worked for them.

 

Today's Stocks & Topics: TGLS - Tecnoglass Inc., Alternative Energy, ABMD - Abiomed Inc., ISRG - Intuitive Surgical Inc., MDT - Medtronic PLC, AGCO - AGCO Corp., Capital Spending, LXU - LSB Industries Inc., CF - CF Industries Holdings Inc., Stocks on Sale.

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Rising interest rates have pushed down bond prices this year and some investors may benefit from building a bond ladder.

 

Today's Stocks & Topics: RF - Regions Financial Corp., DLR - Digital Realty Trust Inc., Long Term Index Investing, The Market and Elections, Retirement Survey, Covid Savings, Tax Planning, CMI - Cummins Inc., KBWR - Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF, Enroll in a Retirement Plan.

TRIVIA QUESTION: "Can you name 3 shocks that caused bigger one-day market drops than the Kennedy assassination?"

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It seems that the new 'retail' investors are much more inclined to invest in risky meme stocks and cryptocurrencies than older generations.

 

Today's Stocks & Topics: Small Business, PILBF - Pilbara Minerals Ltd., BLOK - Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF, GLW - Corning Inc., TECK - Teck Resources Ltd. Cl B, ENPH - Enphase Energy Inc., Pandemic Savings.

PERSPECTIVE looks at some historical data regarding the phenomenon known as the "inverted yield curve".

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Though surging stocks suggest markets are reaffirming hopes of a soft landing from the FED, some high-profile strategists disagree.

 

Today's Stocks & Topics: Home Sales Report, Musk and Twitter, Oil Prices, VZ - Verizon Communications Inc., XLI - Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF, PYPL - PayPal Holdings Inc., SCHD - Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF, AMT - American Tower REIT, Retirement and State Taxes, GOGL - Golden Ocean Group Ltd., Life Insurance, IWM - iShares Russell 2000 ETF, UVV - Universal Corp., TGT - Target Corp.

 

Plus: Key Benchmark Numbers and Market Comments for: Treasury Yields, Gold, Silver, Oil and Gasoline.

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At least one big-box retailer sees sales declining as families contend with higher prices, forcing trade-offs between what they need and what they want.

 

Today's Stocks & Topics: Earnings for 2023, Producer Price Index (PPI), Companies That Are Good Inflation Investments, APLE - Apple Hospitality REIT Inc., TER - Teradyne Inc., AMAT - Applied Materials Inc., KBWB - Invesco KBW Bank ETF, Strong Dollar, and Interest Rates, 401(k) Contributions, HII - Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., Corporate Bond Market.

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The biggest contributors to the debt load are mortgage balances, which rose $1 trillion from a year ago to $11.7 trillion, and credit card debt, which climbed to $930 billion.

 

Today's Stocks & Topics: GEO - GEO Group Inc., Selling Losses in a Roth I-R-A, AQN - Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., VTIVX - Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund Investor, BRKB - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B, Mortgage Market, LEU - Centrus Energy Corp., AL - Air Lease Corp., CFLT - Confluent Inc., FRG - Franchise Group Inc., Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC).

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Gen X, individuals born between 1965 and 1980, have a shortfall in retirement savings and it is partly due to a rise in inflation and the cost of living.

 

Today's Stocks & Topics: The Wash Rule, HYG - iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, AOS - A.O. Smith Corp., Investors Sentiment, Office Spaces, TSE - Trinseo PLC.

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