No, I’m not referring to the stock market even though the S&P 500 Index rose to another all-time high yesterday, it’s 43rd of the year. Impressively, 2024 has climbed into... read more →
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve decided to launch the latest monetary easing cycle by going big with a half point cut to the Federal Funds Rate (FFR), instead of just a... read more →
Over the past two days, we got the latest read on inflation with the release of the August Consumer Price and Producer Price Indexes. On a core basis (ex-food &... read more →
A sense of calm has continued to settle over markets after the eruption of volatility a couple of weeks ago. Stocks are on pace to finish the week with healthy... read more →
As a highly volatile week draws to a close, the price action so far today reflects a relative sense of calm and suggests that stocks are going to finish the... read more →
In the strange world of navigating financial markets, sometimes good news can be bad, and bad news can be good. This was the case earlier in the year when inflation... read more →
Yesterday brought the latest read on inflation with the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and the news was very encouraging across the board. Headline CPI fell month over month for the... read more →
The launch of ChatGPT on November 30, 2022 was a momentous occasion – it brought some of the possibilities that artificial intelligence holds into the public consciousness, and helped launch... read more →
It doesn’t happen often. The last time that both the monthly CPI inflation report and an FOMC policy decision fell on the same day was back in 2020. Needless to... read more →
After spending the better part of the past couple of years bracing for a recession that never materialized, corporate CEOs are showing signs of renewed optimism lately. The CEO Confidence... read more →
