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There was a lot of good news last week!
Inflation continued to trend lower. The Consumer Price Index showed that inflation was 2.5 percent year over year (yoy) in…
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Investing in September can be like biting into a jelly doughnut and finding boiled cabbage—full of unwelcome surprises.
“History suggests September is the worst month of the year in terms of stock-market performance,” reported Isabel Wang of Morningstar.…
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After gyrating wildly throughout the month, major U.S. stock indexes finished August higher.
Despite a lot of uncertainty and some dramatic ups and downs, the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index rose 2.3…
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The near future is more predictable than the distant future.
Last year, the St. Louis Federal Reserve explored the accuracy of recession forecasts. They found that short-term predictions about whether…
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The best week of the year?
After two weeks of slow and jolting market performance, a bounty of positive news calmed investors and lifted stock markets…
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Markets were gripped by August jitters.
Last week, financial markets were volatile. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), which is known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, rose…
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Stock markets swelled and dropped like waves at the Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti.
It is often said that markets hate uncertainty. There was a lot of uncertainty last week, and it showed. “The…
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Americans may be witnessing something remarkable.
Earlier this year, we had the relatively rare opportunity to view a total solar eclipse – when the moon passes…
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The rate cut stars are aligning.
For the last year, borrowing costs in the United States have remained relatively high as the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed)…
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Will deflation continue?
In May, Pew Research asked Americans about the biggest problems facing our nation. The top three answers were: Inflation; The…
