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Meredith Margrave

Meredith Margrave

After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, Meredith Margrave has become a noted financial expert and market commentator for the past two decades. She began her career crafting entries for a major financial dictionary, before turning the lessons she was learning out in the world into a series of personal finance articles.

She spent the next decade working closely with a number of top stock and options analysts, helping research and run newsletter advisories in a variety of areas, including technical analysis, momentum, big growth, income, and options. She has been a featured writer on a number of financial media sites. 

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Gold, Bitcoin, Bonds, or Dividend Stocks: What's the Best Safe-Haven Investment Right Now?

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CBOE Volatility Index $VIX has now traded above its 200D moving average for 78 consecutive trading days, the longest streak since 2019 https://t.co/67mHCjvYzn
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Traders have built the largest long U.S. Equity Futures position in history, now worth more than $300 Billion https://t.co/ZzcIagv4Ne
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Lumber now trading at its highest price in more than 6 months 🚨 https://t.co/EOhWOyKfvi
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FUN FACT 🚨: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway now has $325 billion in cash, more than the entire market cap of 477 companies in the S&P 500 $SPX https://t.co/u84JwvZJ2r
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BREAKING 🚨: Uranium Uranium has fallen to a 12-month low https://t.co/HnhIOK1bmC https://t.co/3CWim8zcg6
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RUMOR 🚨: U.S. Government considering giving Intel $INTC a bailout because it might "too big to fail" https://t.co/B5PgYwbsHQ https://t.co/F7poGZU7cu
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JUST IN 🚨: There is now a 100% chance of AT LEAST a 25 bps interest rate cut this week https://t.co/zu0RKhYvIt https://t.co/13glyxlwi5
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U.S. Dollar Index $DXY getting a Sunday dump 📉 https://t.co/caAO5qfPLe
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