DEC CORN Two USGA Reports (Aug & Sept) & a Pro Farmer Tour have established the final crop yield in the 181-183 BPA range! We see it closer to 181 in the Oct Report due to the rash of hot/dry ...
Image courtesy of 123rf.com When the decade-long Apollo program ran its course and successfully landed the first humans on the Moon, there were no investors to partake in this history. The stake was ...
The Federal Reserve delivered its highly anticipated 50-basis point interest rate cut this afternoon. While the decision initially pushed the Dow and S&P 500 to new record highs, the former revers...
The Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE: BXSL) is a business development company, or BDC, that lends money to private firms. It is a subsidiary of the trillion-dollar asset manager Blackstone.The ...
Image Source: Pexels People imagine a recession is when masses of people are being laid off and so consumer spending isn’t just negative, it must be crashing. While those can happen in a downtu...
Fed Summary of Economic Projections The Fed projects the unemployment rate will hit 4.4 percent this year.The current unemployment rate is 4.1 percent.Unemployment Rate Asymmetric Policy AdjustmentsOn...
Image Source: Unsplash Not surprisingly, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are taking opposite approaches to modifying the corporate tax code. If enacted, both proposals would significantly impact corpo...
Image Source: Pixabay Meta Platforms (META), Alphabet (GOOGL), and Salesforce (CRM) were healthy businesses making profits and seen as “the big guys”. Why did they start paying a dividend? What d...
Today’s U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) decision was more consequential than normal for two reasons.First, it marked the start of the long-awaited easing cycle with the central bank shifting its focus aw...
Image Source: Unsplash Super Micro Computer (SMCI) received a significant vote of confidence today as Needham initiated coverage with a price target of $600 and a “Buy” rating.Currently trading b...