Jolly Old Saint Nick’s Visit To Wall Street

Hot off Christmas weekend, it looks like Santa Clause stopped off at Wall Street to launch the anticipated 2021 Santa Rally. December 28, 2021 [Turn on your images.]( Jolly Old Saint Nick’s Visit To Wall Street Hot off Christmas weekend, it looks like Santa Clause stopped off at Wall Street to launch the anticipated 2021 Santa Rally. But while savvy investors are feasting, the rest of America is left wondering “Where’s the Beef?” as a national meat shortage continues. Add to that some concerning trends in crypto…and are we looking at a not-so-happy New Year? --------------------------------------------------------------- [Turn Your Images On] [What 2021’s Big Santa Rally Means For 2022]( Shawn Ambrosino Does anybody else find themselves hating the last week of the year like I do? On second thought, maybe “hate” is too strong of a term. The last week of the year just seems like a waste to me. If I were president of the world, I would give everybody the week after Christmas off to relax and reflect before the start of the new year. It just seems that during this week, people just wait for next week to really get back to the business of doing business. Of course, that’s just how I feel. I may be the only one…but I don’t think I am. However, there are some good things about this week that last-week-of-December-haters like myself should remember. Most notable is the continuation of the annual “Santa Rally” that grip Wall Street every year, in which the markets trend upwards and people start dumping their losers and stocking up (no pun intended) on some winners. [Turn Your Images On] Now, unlike Jolly Saint Nick himself, the Santa Rally isn’t guaranteed every year, but it happens more than not. Fortunately for our struggling economy, 2021 saw Santa arrive with a BANG, and this year’s rally is off to its best start since 2000-01, when the market gained 5.7%, according to Dow Jones Market Data. What History Shows When Santa Comes So why is this worth talking about (aside from the obvious)? Because the Santa Rally almost always has something to say about the coming prospects of the market. In fact, in the eight times since 1929 when the index has gained at least 1% to start that seven-session trading period that makes up the “Santa Rally,” it’s produced a gain 100% of the time. That’s absolutely crazy1! Not only has it produced a gain each and every time, but it’s done so with an average gain of 3.3%. Well, on Monday, the S&P 500 SPX closed up BIG thanks to Father Christmas. The index was up around 1.4% in the session that technically marks the start of the Santa Rally. And when those gains hold up, data shows that the stock market tends to perform well. Those good feelings from the past couple of days are helping lift more than just the S&P, too. It’s also helping to lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA and the Nasdaq as well! Not to mention, Bitcoin got a bit of a boost over the weekend too…though that gain has since [been wiped out.]( That being said…what can we expect for the rest of the month moving into next year? What Will January Look Like? Well, historical data shows that when the Santa Rally comes to town in December, stocks tend to end January higher, with an average gain of 2.94% and an average rise of 3.7%, especially when the S&P has started the Santa Claus rally period with an advance of at least 1%. That’s exactly what happened this week. All these factors are in play, and it looks like we’re going to have a GREAT January. Of course, that all depends on Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve and what they plan on doing. They’ve talked about t[apering and hiking rates]( a LOT lately, so, if they start these measures in January, you can bet dollars to donuts that next month won’t be as fruitful as it could have been without their interference. However, they’re going to have to do something soon to keep inflation in check. The question is: when will they take the first steps to do that? Hopefully, they’ll wait till after January to start… Because if they do, we’re golden. If you’ve grabbed some Santa-influenced profits, Congratulations!! It looks like it’ll be a good week for us! Make the best of it before the uncertainty of 2022 starts making itself felt. Keep it rolling! --------------------------------------------------------------- [Turn Your Images On] Where’s The Beef? Invest In THIS Promising Stock And Find Outby Ryan James If you have been to a grocery store lately, you have undoubtedly noticed that prices have soared on goods ranging from meat to [butter](. Grocery prices are up 6.4% from a year ago. For example, thanks in large part to the keto diet craze, butter saw its price rise by 40% from last year. So, if you paid more for butter to make those Christmas cookies or mashed potatoes for Christmas dinner, you can thank all the keto dieters. That’s the cost of being trendy. [Turn Your Images On] Similarly, beef prices have skyrocketed from a year ago, which has left carnivores recycling an old tagline that’s never been more applicable. [Turn Your Images On] According to the Labor Department, meat prices are up 16% from a year ago. Beef prices are up 20.9%, pork prices have risen 16.8%, and bacon 21%. Chicken has risen 9.2%, and hamburger meat is up 13.9%. Although meat will cost you a few more bones this year (see what I did there?) these higher prices charged by grocers do provide for investing opportunities. And one such investment that we are keen on here at Money Moves is Weis Markets, Inc. Our Money and Markets Chief Investment Strategist Adam O’Dell recently recommended Weis Markets as his top-rated Green Zone stock on this week’s top-ten hotlist. [(And, if you don’t receive Adam’s top-ten hotlist, what are you doing?!? It’s free! Subscribe here.)]( Weis Market Inc. is a grocery chain located in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, West Virginia, and Delaware. Here at Money Moves, we are big on momentum stocks…and boy, has Weis been feeling the effects of mighty Mo lately. As of this writing, since late September, shares of Weis have risen from $52 a share to $67, and there doesn’t appear to be anything stopping it now, as the old song goes. [Turn Your Images On]( And even more illuminating is the fact that our handy-dandy Green Zone rating system (which is also free, to you, our amazing readers) has Weis scoring a 98 out of a 100, meaning we are “strong bullish” on Weis and believe that Weis shares will outperform the market by 3x over the next 12-months due to its low volatility, low-valuation, and high quality. [Turn Your Images On] [For more details on this investment opportunity, CLICK HERE!]( Weis had revenue of $4.1 billion, a market cap of $1.8 billion, and eps of 3.93. So, if you are looking for the beef, you’ve found it. Weis is offering the beef, now it is up to you to buy shares of Weis Market Inc.! --------------------------------------------------------------- [Turn Your Images On] Cryptos By The Numbers: A 2021 Reviewby Shawn Ambrosino What a year for Blockchain, huh? It seemed like you couldn’t turn on the TV, open your computer, or scroll through social media without coming across some mention of “cryptocurrency” or “NFTs.” We had a lot happen with technology in 2021… Bitcoin hit an all-time high, El Salvador moved to make Bitcoin its national currency, Dogecoin caught Elon Musk’s attention, and NFT fever took over the internet. Needless to say, it was a lot happening all at once. So, as we wind down the year that was, I wanted to look at a few of the numbers that mattered in the saga of Blockchain and cryptocurrency changing the world. Blockchain By The Numbers The first number: $3 trillion That’s the total value of the cryptocurrency market through the month that put cryptos on the map in November 2021, when crypto recorded all-time highs across the board. During this historic month of this historic year, Bitcoin’s price reached $69,000 and the consensus number 2 coin, Ethereum, zeroed on its own record of $4,900 – and while that number has dropped over the last month, cryptos are STILL the best-performing investment available. The next number on the list: $240 billion That’s how much money was deposited into decentralized finance in 2021. I don’t know how you feel about that number - but to me, that’s a LOT more than just pocket change. When you keep in mind that $240 billion represents the vast network of apps and protocols that enable decentralized lending, borrowing, NFT buying, crypto swapping, and more–and that number is just from 2021 alone–it’s a staggering amount for something that is technically NOT mainstream. Right now, Ethereum is the “go-to” coin for the majority of DeFi’s global peer-to-peer activity, but that doesn’t mean that other choices aren’t on the rise. Rival blockchains like Solana and Avalanche are making significant advances and are doing so by offering speedier transaction times and cheaper network fees. Another number to look at: $30 billion This one’s particularly noteworthy because THAT is the amount of money that venture capitalists have dumped into crypto projects this year–which is absolutely crazy because it beats the amount of all previous years combined. And if you know ANYTHING about making money, you know that, if the venture capitalists are jumping on board, it’s definitely going to be something to pay attention to. It’s THESE people that create the REAL wealth in our society, and they usually know what they’re doing. Crypto is Bigger… And GROWING! And the last number we’re going to look at is 200 million. What makes this number so significant? Well, that’s the total number of people using cryptos as of August 2021, making for a whopping 100% increase from January of 2021. This is something that was highlighted by Coinbase (one of the biggest crypto exchanges on the planet) during its Third Quarter shareholder letter, which revealed that “the crypto adoption curve over its first decade is mirroring that of Internet adoption over a similar time period beginning in the late 1990s.” This is BIG! The internet was the biggest transformative technology to hit humankind since the television, and now crypto is changing it all over again. Now, keep in mind that these are just SOME of the numbers that made 2021 HUGE for cryptos. There are a lot of others that I’m skipping over–but for the sake of time, I really don’t think we need to hit everything. I mean, we talked about a LOT of these numbers before, like digital artist Beeplecrap selling his artwork in NFT form for $69 million dollars. That’s NUTS! This was 2021, the year that Blockchain TRULY made its mark on society. You can bet dollars to donuts that 2022 is going to be more of the same. The best part is that we’re going be there to grow with it. That’s why I started this crypto journey. I didn’t want to be left out in the cold - and I’m sure you didn’t either. This is just the beginning, guys. As the diamond-handed MEME investors used to say: “To the MOON!!” --------------------------------------------------------------- For more quality content like this, and to learn more about the Money Moves team, visit us at [( Privacy Policy The Money & Markets, P.O. Box 8378, Delray Beach, FL 33482. To ensure that you receive future issues of Money & Markets, please add info@mb.moneyandmarkets.com to your address book or [whitelist]( within your spam settings. For customer service questions or issues, please contact us for assistance. The mailbox associated with this email address is not monitored, so please do not reply. 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