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AMT Top Ten Miscellaneous Nibbles for the 1st of December

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AMT Top Ten Miscellaneous Nibbles for the 1st of December

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10. Book: Kissinger: 1923 – 1968: The Idealist by Neill Ferguson

9. Music: Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet playing Joy Spring.

8. Bitcoin: Curious stubborn trend higher as ETF fever appears to be creating bets on perceived ‘forced’ upwards momentum. BTC/USD now above 38,000.00.

7. Charlie Munger: Passed away earlier this week. Extremely well regarded as a man and helped create the Berskshire Hathaway colossus.

6. Crude Oil: Cash price of WTI Crude Oil remains stable and hovering above mid-term support after OPEC and associates announced voluntary production reductions yesterday.

5. Data: While U.S GDP numbers came in with solid growth statistics on Wednesday, yesterday’s U.S Core Personal Consumption Expenditures results came in below last month’s data showing inflation is eroding.

4. Gold: The precious metal remains above 2000.00 USD in a rather strong fashion, short-term speculation has been vigorous. Caution is advised for day traders.

3. Jerome Powell: The Federal Reserve Chairman will be speaking in Atlanta later today and his comments while participating in a ’roundtable’ discussion could affect behavioral sentiment going into the weekend.

2. USD: Outlooks via tier 1 financial institutions and larger players keeping the ‘greenback’ weaker and near mid-term support against other major currencies, price velocity should be watched.

1. U.S Indices: Dow Jones Industrials touching highs not seen since January 2022. S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite within sight of July 2023 apex levels, and if penetrated upwards would also bring these indices to heights of late 2021 and early 2022, this as risk appetite demonstrates backbone.

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AMT Top Ten Miscellaneous Musings for the 17th of November

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AMT Top Ten Miscellaneous Musings for the 17th of November

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10. Book: The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

9. Music: Pablo Casals playing Bach’s – The Six Cello Suites.

8. Cricket: India and Australia will meet in the World Cup Final this Sunday in a match between two of the world’s best squads.

7. Gold: The precious metal is trading within sight of its October highs and may find speculative buyers looking for potential upside via wagers.

6. Commerical Real Estate: WeWork bankruptcy knock on effects will cause additional strains in U.S market, this as the sector struggles with vacancies in this era of ‘remote’ employees.

5. Risk Appetite: U.S equity indices are at three month highs, U.S Treasury bond yields at one week lows as optimism grows in the outlooks of long-term investors.

4. Data Watch: Retail Sales numbers from the U.K, and U.S Housing Starts and Building Permits statistics will be released today.

3. USD: Dollar Index futures are trending lower and near values last seen in the third week of September as financial institutions brace for a weaker USD mid-term.

2. U.S Treasuries: Yields are incrementally declining, helping push the USD lower, and creating positive equities momentum, this as U.S bonds appear ready to sustain a cycle lower if investors can remain tranquil.

1. Federal Reserve: Inflation data via the CPI and PPI were weaker than anticipated, and the U.S Fed’s December FOMC Statement should begin to sound less agressive.

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AMT Top Ten Miscellaneous Thoughts for the 10th of November

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AMT Top Ten Miscellaneous Thoughts for the 10th of November

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AMT Top Ten Thoughts for 10th of November 2023

10. Book: Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim by Anton Gill.

9. Music: Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird.

8. Word of Day: Parabolic which highlights Bitcoin’s movement the past month, and may be followed by the word reversal.

7. Centrism: A political wish for our times.

6. Equivocate: Central Banks led by the U.S Federal Reserve continue to protect one another by talking out of both sides of their mouths.

5. Gold: 1950.00 USD per ounce looks to be important support for the precious metal via a three month chart. Will 1950.00 USD remain durable?

4. USD: Stubborn choppy Forex conditions continue to flourish and may remain prevalent in the near-term.

3. Consumer Sentiment: U.S consumers are staying away from home purchases because of high interest rates, today’s data from the University of Michigan will shed light on what they are buying instead.

2. U.S Treasuries: Higher yields are trouble for the Federal Reserve, and should scare U.S citizens who may be penalized with higher taxes to pay off U.S mounting debts.

1: USD/JPY: Japanese Yen trading near values last sustained in 1990 for a significant amount of time.

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AMT Top Ten Miscellaneous Shots for Friday the 3rd of Nov.

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AMT Top Ten Miscellaneous Shots for Friday the 3rd of Nov.

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10. NBA: Welcome to Victor Wembanyama’s world. VW’s 5th game as a Spur was historic last night.

9. South Africa: The Springboks Rugby World Cup victory is helping unifying the nation and giving all its citizens a hope for better days.

8. Book: The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn.

7. Crypto: Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all counts. Yet, Bitcoin is near 34,600.00 USD per coin.

6. Risks: Signs of appetite as U.S equity indices have moved higher, and U.S Treasury yields have declined.

5. Gold: The precious metal still lingering near 2000.00 USD and may attract bearish speculative positions.

4. Middle East: Global financial institutions appear to have dealt with the noise.

3. U.S Jobs Reports: Non-Farm Employment Change numbers and Average Hourly Earnings inflation data will be published today and shake markets.

2. Federal Reserve: The U.S central bank may have reached the end of it interest rates hikes cycle.

1. USD: The world’s reserve currency remains suspiciously strong and if it is a relatively calm today and this weekend, day traders may begin to embrace selling wagers.