Tag: u.s. economic data
Federal Reserve Dilemma: ‘Heads You Win, Tails I Lose’
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ends its two-day Federal Reserve meeting today, the significance of which cannot be stressed enough. A lot is...
The Fed And Its Recent History Of Unrealized Expectations
The Echoing Conundrum
“With the Federal Reserve (Fed) conducting their regularly scheduled FOMC meeting this Wednesday, we point out an interesting contrast between the current...
Federal Reserve Meeting Here: Expect Market Volatility To Rise
This week I am going to do something a bit different for the weekly commentary. The main issue this week is whether or not...
The August Jobs Report: 8 Things You Need To Know
The August jobs report on Friday showed that 173k jobs were created, below the 210k that was expected. The good news is both June...
Why The Fed Won’t (Shouldn’t) Raise Rates In 2015
If the Federal Reserve raises rates this year, it will be one of the worst policy mistakes made be any Central Banker (in my...
Why Interest Rates Are Going Nowhere Fast
There has been a great deal of discussion regarding whether the Fed is going to continue down the path of ZIRP or if...
Currency Wars, Deflationary Headwinds Pressure Investors
An astute client of mine emailed me with a question:
“I am concerned about this currency war that is going on with the US dollar....
The Power In Using Market Charts That Others Ignore
My pal Callum Thomas is one of my favorite follows on StockTwits. Every Saturday night he compiles what he calls his #ChartStorm. It is...
U.S. Auto Loans Rise Sharply As Sales Remain Strong
June U.S. auto sales 17.1mn units, preceded by cycle high of 17.7mn in May
Auto loans nearing $1tn; sharp rise since 3Q10; non-revolving consumer credit...
June Employment Report Soft: Here’s What To Watch
At 223,000 non-farm jobs, the June employment report was softer than expected. Plus, both April and May were revised lower. These are months in...
