The U.S. government is helping push stocks higher thanks to its off-the-books spending, while the central banks are playing a role in the rise of the...
April is the number one month for the Dow Jones Industrials (DJI) since 1950 with 47 up months and only 22 down months.
The Fed does not report to the White House so these calls from Kudlow and Trump are unprecedented. The Fed (FOMC) next meets April 30 and...
It was the week of the Fed. We take a look back at its origins on Jekyll Island and a small look at how the Fed...
Black swans: Attributing sudden and often catastrophic events to such a beautiful bird seems grossly unfair. But panics, manias, crashes, and collapses are like a thunderstorm...
20,000 jobs vs. 55,900 jobs. That was the stark difference between the U.S. nonfarm payrolls and the Canadian job numbers for February.
Numbers to watch this coming week are the employment reports due out on Friday in both the U.S. and Canada.
An interesting article spurred us to think more about today’s economic conditions vs. the conditions that led to the collapse in 1929 and the subsequent Great...
The major U.S. indices rose on average 3%. Most are now up 10%-15% on the year. Are we on the cusp of a blow-off move?
Are we in a bear market? Or is the bear over with the December low and we are entering a new bull market?