January 6, 2019
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. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 8.7% this past month, this was the worst December since 1931.
As Barron’s said this week, “Wh...
August 17, 2018
ECONOMY STILL IN GOLDILOCKS MODE
Each month we eagerly wait for the “Employment Report”, arguably the most important of the U.S. economic reports, that is released on the first Friday of each month. If you study the long-term history of the employment report, it is unl...
November 27, 2016
TRUMPED!
As we watched the returns come in on election night, the first hint that Donald Trump might upset the universal predictions of a Clinton sweep were called into question by the early Florida results. Trump was neck and neck with Clinton in the urban east coast...
October 22, 2016
IS THE ELECTION OVER YET?
If there was ever something everyone could agree on, it has to be the near unanimous desire for the presidential ele...
January 6, 2016
In the November edition of the Crouch Connection, I mentioned four factors that were concerning me and how they might affect the markets:
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The looming Fed rate hike.
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The possibility of an even stronger Dollar.
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Lower oil prices.
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Emerging markets turmo...
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