Like a balloon under water, the stock market zoomed higher on unmanned algorithmic trading by 20% this past week on a trifecta of Monetary, Fiscal and Executive actions indicating our economy will not be allowed to fail. The first salvo was fired by the Federal Reserve Bank on March 22nd…
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Every election cycle we hear a crescendo of complaints that the poorest workers, the average Joe, are being left behind while the rich get richer. While historically the income gap between rich and poor rises when the economy grows and narrows when the economy contracts, equality seekers should feel some satisfaction…
On a gloomy Christmas eve one year ago the stock market had completed a 3 month correction into a panic low of more than 20%, equaling its largest decline of the past decade. After a tremendous rally in the first and a fourth quarters of 2019, the pulse of the stock market…
Often when US Presidents can score a single major legislative accomplishment during their tenure it’s enough for the history books. Reagan had the massive Supply Side tax cuts, Clinton passed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Obama’s landslide election mandate gave us Obamacare. Trump made history with his…
In a moment of unprofound insight lacking sound and fury meaning absolutely nothing to investor expectations, Fed Chief Powell this past week made the most anodyne comments possible that the economy was likely to continue growing. It’s also likely that the Fed has never forecast anything but continued economic growth as…