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...

ECONOMY STILL IN GOLDILOCKS MODE Each month we eagerly wait for the “Employment Report”, arguably the most important of the U.S. economic...

NO EUPHORIA IN SIGHT Sir John Templeton, a pioneer in the mutual fund industry, is notable to many of us in the investment business...