Unless you’ve been away from a TV, computer or smartphone for the past week, you’ve likely seen scores of pictures and videos of the unprecedented devastation that Hurricane Harvey has brought ...
US Census says manufacturing new orders slowed. Out analysis agrees – but the rolling averages improved. Analyst Opinion of Census Manufacturing Sales According to the seasonally adjusted data, ...
The fundamental problem is that we don’t know what’s wrong. In many ways that is a worse condition because it is one step further removed from a solution. Even after ten years “we” still have ...
With spiking above 13, US equity markets appear to be suddenly waking up to the potential that The Fed’s constant stream of positivity was smoke and mirrors all along and a September full of ma...
Let’s take a close look at the latest employment report numbers on Full and Part-Time Employment. Buried near the bottom of Table A-9 of the government’s Employment Situation Summary are...
In a widely expected result, new orders for manufactured goods fell 3.3% in July according to the Census Bureau. Don’t give economists too much credit because the advance report two weeks ago provi...
Gold has staged a fabulous rally from about $1220 to $1245. Using the December futures price chart, I’ve defined the $1300 – $1350 area as a spectacular profit booking opportunity for inves...
It’s safe to say that the market is pricing in some kind of political risk around the administration’s highly contentious decision to end DACA. This was, of course, predictable (both the rescindin...
This morning, Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker upgraded Disney (DIS) to Outperform as the company ventures into direct-to-consumer streaming. Meanwhile, the analyst also downgraded Viacom (VIAB) to ...