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The market’s 8.5% decline during August sent shockwaves through the media and investors. The drop raised concerns about whether this was the start of a larger correction or a temporary pullback....
I was recently asked about the seemingly strong “economic growth” rate as the Federal Reserve prepares to start cutting rates.
“If economic growth is so strong, as noted by the recent GDP report,...
Are the “Mega-Cap” stocks dead? Maybe. But there are four reasons why they could be staged for a comeback. The recent market correction from the July peak certainly got investors’ attention and...
A Universal Basic Income (UBI) sounds great in theory. According to a previous study by the Roosevelt Institute, it could permanently increase the U.S. economy by trillions of dollars. While such...
On Monday morning, investors woke up to plunging stock markets as the “Yen Carry Trade” blew up. While media headlines suggested the sell-off was due to fears of a recession, slowing employment...
Economist Claudia Sahm developed the “Sahm Rule,” which states that the economy is in recession when the unemployment rate’s three-month average is a half percentage point above its 12-month low. As...
In bullish years, markets often have corrections like the one we saw in the S&P 500 recently. Yet, after a lengthy bullish run, it always surprises me how quickly investors and the media panic...
Overly optimistic investor expectations of market returns may be a problem. To wit:
“While consumers are not very confident about the economy, they are highly optimistic about the stock market. In...
We noted last Friday that over the previous few years, a handful of “Mega-Capitalization” (mega-market capitalization) stocks have dominated market returns and driven the bull market. In that...
Over the last few years, a handful of “Mega-Capitalization” (mega-market capitalization) stocks have dominated market returns.
The question is whether that dominance will continue and if the same...