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“This is risk-off behavior returning,” tweeted Michael Gayed less than…

Retail Gloom Spells Stock Market Doom

Neither pandemic nor war can keep down the American consumer,…

Will It Be Good News When Inflation Peaks?

U.S. equity indexes ground generally higher through the trading session…

Can Stocks Overcome Historic Headwinds?

Markets rebounded sharply Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average…

Stocks Rally as Investors Shrug Off Consumers’ Concerns

Keeping with the prevailing theme, the U.S producer price index…

When “Peak Inflation” Seems Like a Myth

The consumer price index for April came in at 0.3%…

Is the Fed Tightening Fast Enough? Or Too Fast?

U.S. equity indexes jumped at the open, faded into lunchtime,…

Selling Will Soon Create Opportunity But When?

The Dow Jones Industrial average was down 1.3%, the S&P…

Can We Tame Inflation Without Tanking Growth?

The April nonfarm payroll figure topped consensus forecasts, and the…

Can the Fed “Catch Up” Without Tanking the Economy?

U.S. equity indexes rallied hard during Jerome Powell’s post-Federal Open…

Stocks Sell Off in Sharp Reversal of Post-FOMC Rally

The Federal Open Market Committee agreed to raise the federal…

Fed Boosts Benchmark By 50 Basis Points

Not since March 2000 has the Federal Open Market Committee…

Does Anyone Want to Talk About Stagflation?

Hard-core technical analysts will tell you that, ultimately, “price” is…

Should You Batten Down Your Portfolio’s Hatches?

U.S. equity indexes traded lower today, with the Nasdaq Composite…

Inflation, Stagflation, and Recession: No Way Out

U.S. equity indexes were well in the green Thursday afternoon…

The U.S. Consumer Boosts the Stock Market

Prices for assets of all kinds were up Wednesday, including…

The Bank of Japan Is Playing a Dangerous Game

U.S. stocks fell sharply on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq Composite…

Why Yields Will Go Higher… and Then Sharply Lower

The major U.S. equity indexes were mixed Monday, with the…

Is This a “Lose-Lose” Scenario for Stocks?

Yesterday, Chair Jerome Powell reiterated that the Federal Reserve will…

Is Recession Risk Growing With Rate Hikes?

The U.S. dollar climbed to a fresh two-decade peak to…

Why We Need To Watch the Japanese Yen

Is the Bank of Japan brewing up a Netflix-blockbuster-level disaster…

Are the Bank of Japan and Netflix Disasters in Progress?

The major U.S. equity indexes were all up more than…

U.S. Stocks Rally on Strong Start to Earnings Season

“The Fed has been in the business of suppressing volatility…

Why You Need To Know About the High-Yield Bond Market

The average 30-year mortgage rate in the U.S. surged past…

Is It Time to Talk About Hyperinflation?