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Investors didn’t stumble over inflation last week. Why not?
Inflation – rising prices of goods and services – can be measured in a variety of ways. For example, the…
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Zoom, zoom, zoom.
Big economies tend to recover from recessions about as quickly as semi-trucks accelerate from stop lights. In other words, recovery…
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Last week, unemployment claims were looking good and consumers were feeling good.
The number of Americans applying for first-time unemployment benefits declined. Just 684,000 people filed claims during the week of March…
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What are professional asset managers thinking?
Bank of America recently published the results of its March global asset managers’ survey, which polls 220 professional investors responsible…
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Investors had a lot to be enthusiastic about last week.
Major stock indices in the United States soared, finishing the week higher and setting new records along the way, reported…
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Neanderthal DNA may make people …
…more – or less – susceptible to COVID-19, reported The Economist. It all depends on whether you have the genes…
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Students of financial markets may have noted a historically unusual event last week.
On Thursday, the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes briefly matched the dividend yield for the Standard & Poor’s (S&P)…
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It’s a contrarian’s dream come true.
Contrarian investors like to buck the trend. They buy when other investors are selling and sell when others are buying.…
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It’s not a black diamond ski run yet…
…but the yield curve for U.S. Treasuries is steeper than it has been in a while. A yield curve is…
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They say people watching the same event often see different things.
That seems to have been the case last week when share prices of a few companies experienced tremendous volatility. Some…
