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COVID-19 strikes again.
Coronavirus cases have been on the rise in Europe, climbing from about 700,000 new cases a week in September…
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Thinking about the possibilities.
The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index finished last week slightly higher and has gained about 6 percent during the…
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Economists like to joke that inflation is just right when no one notices it.
Last week, investors noticed it. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is a measure of inflation, rose 0.9 percent in…
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Feeling bullish…
Investor bullishness ticked higher last week on all four investor sentiment gauges tracked by Barron’s. Investor optimism may have been…
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The road to recovery is slow and bumpy.
Last week, we learned that economic growth slowed in the third quarter as a new wave of COVID-19 surged across…
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It’s MESSI!
No, this commentary is not about Lionel Messi, the Argentine soccer phenom who is widely regarded one of the greatest…
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Don’t get spooked!
Barron’s Big Money Poll is an exclusive survey of market sentiment among professional investors. Last week, Nicholas Jasinski reported on…
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The word “jouncy” …
…may have started life as a combination of bouncy and jolting – and it’s a pretty good way to describe…
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September strikes again…
If you look back over the last 20 years, September has been the worst performing month for the Standard &…
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Central banks have a lot of influence on investors, markets and economies.
For the last year or so, the Federal Reserve has been purchasing $120 billion of bonds every month to ensure…
