Producer Price Index Ticks Up as Memes Keep Roaring
It is inflation data week, as the markets await the release of the April Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading on … Read more
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Bad News is Good News? Consumer Sentiment Drops in May
When it comes to economic news and its impact on the markets, sometimes bad news is good news — or … Read more
It’s Been a Busy Week for Fed-Speak, But the Message Is the Same
It has been a big week for speeches from presidents of the various Federal Reserve banks. Many of them were … Read more
It’s Been a Strong Earnings Season, So Why are Markets Down?
Last week, FactSet (NYSE:FDS), a company that provides data on market analytics, issued a report saying that this current earnings … Read more
Will We See Rate Cuts in 2024? Fed Presidents Weigh In
Last week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided not to take action on the federal funds rate, leaving it … Read more
Are Consumers More or Less Optimistic?
Consumer spending has long been the backbone of the economy, but confidence has been tested recently during this period of … Read more
No Surprises as the Fed Keeps Rates Where They Are
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to keep the federal funds interest rate where it has been since last … Read more
April Showers: Monthly Winning Streak Comes to an End
April has historically been the best month on the calendar for the stock markets, tied with December with a 1.6% … Read more
How Have Big Bank Deposits Fared Since the Banking Crisis?
The worst banking crisis since the Great Recession in 2008 happened roughly one year ago, causing four major banks to … Read more
What Do the Q1 GDP and Inflation Results Mean for Markets?
Two key pieces of economic information came out on Thursday, and neither proved to be very good for the stock … Read more
Jamie Dimon’s Warning: Could 8% Interest Rates + Inflation Sink Stocks?
Not a day goes by without someone, somewhere sounding the alarm bells of imminent financial-market danger. When the messenger of … Read more
Rethinking Retirement: BlackRock CEO Shares Ideas on Fixing It
The CEO of the largest investment-management firm in the world has some thoughts on fixing what’s broken about the retirement … Read more
Why Investors Should Buy This Undervalued Growth Stock
A little more than a year ago, at the end of 2022, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), one of the so-called Magnificent … Read more
Rates Remain Unchanged; Three Cuts Still Targeted
As expected, the Federal Reserve made no changes to the federal funds rate on Wednesday afternoon, keeping the range where … Read more
Fisker Stock: Is There Any Value Left?
If a stock plummets far enough, some value hunters may feel that it has nowhere else to go but up. … Read more