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Here’s the tea on stock markets and presidential elections.
Last week, a slew of headlines mentioned stock market bubbles and frothy valuations. The implication was that markets might be…
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The week got off to a good start…
In testimony before House and Senate committees, Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell noted that prices had been falling and…
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The bull market is alive and well.
“We know what investors are thinking,” reported Jacob Sonenshine of Barron’s. “The gains can keep coming, driven by an economy…
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Optimism abounds!
Enthusiasm for everything related to artificial intelligence (AI) drove a global stock market rally last week. Equity markets in the…
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Don’t fight the Fed
The Federal Reserve (Fed) is the central bank of the United States. A longstanding bit of investment wisdom is: Don’t…
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China is out of favor with investors.
For decades, China was among the fastest-growing economies in the world. Its real gross domestic product, which is the value…
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We’ve been hearing a lot about layoffs.
Last week, the January 2024 Challenger Report found that employers based in the United States cut more than 82,000 jobs…
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Even better than expected!
The United States economy is not performing the way anyone thought it would. Instead of tipping into a recession last…
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Are you feeling optimistic or pessimistic?
Consumers are a force to be reckoned with – and we’re all consumers. We buy coats and tweezers, electricity and…
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Is inflation retreating?
Last week, we received a lot of information about inflation. Some seemed to support the idea that inflation was sticky,…