FEBRUARY 29, 2020 CORONAVIRUS PANIC As a “numbers guy”, I regularly pour over all the economic reports that we receive from various...

HOW HIGH CAN WE GO? With impeachment rhetoric raging and drones and missiles flying around Iraq, there has been plenty to concern...

Fed Chairman Powell finally said it! In his testimony to Congress’s Joint Economic Committee on November 13, Powell said: “I think the...

THE TRADE WARS CONTINUE The financial press has been consumed recently with speculation about the outcomes of both the Fed’s latest...

EARNINGS SEASON AGAIN Every three months all companies that trade publicly are required to report their business results for the previous...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BULL MARKET! If you have listened to the news on the financial channels over the past couple of years, you have probably...

WHICH MARKET WAS RIGHT? Commonly accepted among stock market pundits is the belief that stock markets predict our economic future by six...

MARKET DOWN / ECONOMY SOUND Santa’s sleigh is usually pulled by reindeer. This year, it looks as if it were pulled by a team of bears....

SPLIT DECISION Thank goodness the elections are over! I believe that was the message from the 525-point surge in the Dow on the day after...

TIME TO BAIL OUT? I haven’t thrown away a business magazine since the mid-80s. The historical perspective you get as you thumb through...