Wall Street started the week off on an unenthusiastic note, with all three major indexes holding near their midday marks. The Dow settled snapped an eight-day win streak, the S&P 500 finished ma...
Image Source: Unsplash The U.S. government ran a rare surplus in April, but don’t get too excited. The Biden administration hasn’t slowed down the spending train, and more budget shortfalls loom ...
Image Source: Pixabay This week, Marc LoPresti and Andrew Brill dive into the critical CPI (Consumer Pricing Index) report that could redefine your financial landscape. With inflation continuing to e...
That’s a leading question in the NYT a little while back (just getting to this now that I’ve finished grading). America’s contemporary economy, Mr. Rieder argued in his note to clients, is les...
Image Source: Pexels It feels like a tale of two economies right now.If you ask an economist, chances are you’ll hear that the US is doing great, growing faster than its G7 peers, with low unem...
Image Source: Unsplash Prion diseases, of which “mad cow” is the best known, are thankfully quite rare in humans. However, for better or worse, the market’s version – the meme stock trade —...
Image Source: Pexels “Davidson” submits:Three sentiment indicators reflected additional pessimism from the week prior after the PMI came in at 49.1, a PMI recession signal below 50. I suspect thi...
Image Source: Pixabay Amid the latest rally, investors are flocking to defensive sectors like utilities and consumer staples in search of cheap stocks and away from cyclical sectors like technology a...
Image Source: Unsplash In the wake of Bitcoin’s halving event that happened in the middle of April, a significant number of investors are still hoping that a bullish sentiment will follow in the no...
Image Source: Unsplash Home improvement retailers Home Depot (HD) and Lowe’s (LOW) are scheduled to report results of their first quarters before the market open on Tuesday, May 14, and Tue...