We’re sure it’ll be different this time. The Fed has our back. We’ve entered a new paradigm… Forget the 145 years of stock market history. CNBC says it’s always the right time to...
About two weeks ago, I wrote an article about volatility. I was basically explaining that market timing was futile and investing in a high or in a low in the market has a very limited impact. This ar...
Bio-Tech and Tech have been stock market leaders for years and years. Below looks what these leading sectors are doing of late. Bio-Tech/SPX ratio (left chart above) broke below 5-year rising chann...
Here is the opening statement from the Department of Labor: In the week ending May 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 294,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous wee...
Shares of Kohl’s (KSS) slipped after the company reported weaker-than-expected sales for the first quarter, joining many sector peers in reporting downbeat results amid a particularly challengin...
As advanced manufacturing is about to accelerate in China, the rules of economic development could change across the world. About a year ago, China’s State Council unveiled a national plan, “Mad...
Week 18 of 2016 shows same week total rail traffic (from same week one year ago) declined according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) traffic data. Rolling averages continue moving deep...
US retail sales are expected to rebound in tomorrow’s April report vs. the previous month, according to The Capital Spectator’s average point forecast for several econometric estimates. The averag...
When I spoke to a senior official at the Federal Reserve the other day, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. If the American economy moves into the next recession with interest rates already near ...
Is there anything more quintessentially American than the all you can eat buffet bar? The idea that you can just eat an endless supply of food until you finally give up out sheer exhaustion is bewilde...