Tag: economic data

“Speak softly and carry a big stick” President Theodore Roosevelt on foreign policy. In other words, let your actions, not your words set the tone. It...

The economic data is certainly starting to normalize, which was largely expected and will continue. From an economic perspective the last 24 months have seen...

“Banks have conditioned us to trust them, and what have we got from that?” – Mark Baum (Steve Carell)- The Big Short. In his book...

One of my early investment lessons, via a good old fashioned book, really helped differentiate between the financial news and actual investing. The financial news,...

Throughout history, our jobs have evolved. From the industrial revolution to the digital era of today, work has only become more internet-centric and globalized. The...

The following research was written with Christine Short, VP of Research at Wall Street Horizon. Executive Summary and Corporate Earnings Outlook (week of August 9): -...

Would you buy a five year CD paying 5%? We would be shocked if anyone answers “no.” On a relative basis, versus other fixed-income options,...

“Compared to What,” a classic jazz tune written in 1966, became famous in 1969 by Les McCann and Eddie Harris at the Montreux Jazz Festival....

In the United States, personal consumption (PCE) Inflation rose to 3.4% year over year, the highest levels since the 1990s. The consumer price index...

We recently read an analogy in which the author compares the current state of asset prices to an airplane flying at 50,000 feet. Unfortunately,...