Fed is Willing to Tolerate Higher Inflation Today is the first Friday in May and that means we got the April Jobs Report released today,
Market Tends to Produce Better Returns in the First 4 Months of the Year There is an old Wall Street adage: “Sell in May and
Markets Down But Not by as Much as Expected All the major U.S. stock markets were down on the week, but not by as much
The Rally that Failed On my last podcast, which I recorded on Wednesday, I pointed out that the market’s failure to hold the rally in
Fed Surprised No One Today, the Federal Reserve surprised nobody. They raised interest rates by 25 basis points; the 6th rate hike since the Fed
Stock Market Decline Predicted Last Friday I have to warn you up front that I seem to have come down with something last night after
January 12, 2018 Obvious Negative Factors Hiding in Plain Sight This Friday ahead of the three-day holiday weekend, all three markets are ignoring the ominous
January 10, 2018 Bells are Ringing but Nobody is Listening They always say that nobody rings a bell at the top. And that saying relates
Financial Conditions Are Loosest Since 1994 I was reading an article today that the Chicago Fed released their National Financial Conditions Index (NFCI) and according
Optimism Rules the Day Friday the 13th was not an unlucky day for the U.S. stock market; all three of the major stock market averages
