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All investors are consumers, but not all consumers are investors.
-The September installment of University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Survey reported Americans are feeling pretty optimistic. Consumer sentiment rose to…
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Remember: Volatility is normal.
-Major U.S. stock market indices climbed into record territory during August. They gave back some gains last week. Peter Wells…
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Where is Our Country’s Biggest Export Market?
-Markets were fired up last week after the United States and Mexico agreed on new trade rules. The Standard &…
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Tick, Tock.
-Not everybody loves meetings and even fewer enjoy reading the minutes, but investors make an exception with the Federal Reserve.…
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As Maxwell Smart used to say…
-Missed it by THAT much! After a rocky start, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index came within 1 percent of…
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Let’s talk Turkey!
-So, how did a country that represents just about 1.4 percent of the world’s economy spark a global selloff? Turkey…
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$100 billion over 10 years.
-Capital gains tax reform comes with a big price tag: $100 billion over 10 years. A capital gain is any…
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Is it a sugar rush or something more sustainable?
-Economic growth in the United States was strong during the second quarter. Gross domestic product (GDP), which is the value…
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Last week, there was some good news and some notable news.
-Here’s the good news: Corporate earnings have been strong. As of July 20, 17 percent of the companies in the…
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Investors are becoming more discriminating.
-Trade tensions escalated as the U.S. administration expanded tariffs on Chinese goods last week. You wouldn’t have known by watching…
