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Will Next Time Be Different?
Executive Summary How should one read the economy and stock market? Should the market reflect the economy, or should the economy reflect [...]
Does the Potemkin Village Need an Addition?
Executive Summary Presently, the average Joe and Jane have no idea they are living in a Potemkin Village. After the 2008 Financial [...]
When It Comes To The Economy, Who Do You Believe?
Executive Summary In these Weekly Market Updates, I look "under the hood" at hard economic data and present it to our readers. This [...]
What is The Big Government Debt Hoax?
Executive Summary I have often written about how debt and demographics are impediments to future growth. In this week's missive, I explain [...]
Was January’s Jobs Report Really a “Blowout”?
Executive Summary In last week's jobs report, did you hear that the unemployment rate increased slightly? Of course not, because you only [...]
Will Fed Actions Prompt a Recession?
Executive Summary After the end of the Great Recession, short-term rates were held to zero percent by the Federal Reserve Bank in [...]
Are Interest Rates Going Up?
"And higher stock prices will boost consumer wealth and help increase confidence, which can also spur spending." – Ben Bernanke [...]