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What Are the Results of 14 Years of Extreme Fed Actions?
Executive Summary In this week’s Update, I share thoughts from Dennis M. Kelleher, Cofounder, President and CEO of Better Markets, “An independent, [...]
Are Policymakers Wearing Blindfolds?
Executive Summary The first graph below illustrates the massive increase in the national debt, which now totals over $31.5 trillion. With interest [...]
Is the U.S. in a Recession?
Executive Summary The National Bureau of Economic Research, the arbiter for dating recessions, has not yet declared one – although many economists [...]
Has the Fed Distorted Secular Market Cycles?
Executive Summary Stock markets move in long-term (secular) and shorter-term (cyclical cycles). Historically, the Shiller Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio could be used to [...]
What Does 2023 Hold?
Executive Summary As 2023 gets underway, the bear market pattern of 2022 continues. After a few down days, another bear market rally [...]
Which Payroll Numbers are Correct?
Executive Summary The December Job’s Report released last Friday provided optimism that inflation is slowing enough to push the FED to “pivot.” [...]
Will 2023 be Better?
Executive Summary Asset classes of all types fell last year, leaving a traditional “buy-and-hold balanced portfolio” consisting of 60% S&P 500 and [...]
How High is the Terminal Rate Projection?
Executive Summary Last week’s Update discussed what could fuel a Santa Claus rally. While the CPI data provided some fuel, Jerome Powell [...]
What Could Cause a Santa Claus Rally?
Executive Summary Talk by financial media for the always hoped-for Santa Claus rally is rampant. On December 13 the CPI for November [...]