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Back to SearchSpecial Privileges for Some Means Freedom for None – Ep. 359
Current Events
Not much has been going on in the economy or the financial markets the last couple of days. Its been pretty quiet, so I'm going to t…
8 years, 1 month ago
Jobs Report Feeds Delusional Economic Narrative – Ep. 358
Jobs Friday
Today is the first day of June and it's also jobs Friday. But before we get to the always highly-anticipated nonfarm payroll number, I wa…
8 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 357: Populism a Bigger Problem in the U.S. Than Italy
Economy Slowing Down
We got quite a bit of economic data that was released today, pretty much all of it confirming what everybody seems to be denying…
8 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 356: Oil, Bonds, Currencies, Tariffs & Guns
Biggest Move in Crude Oil
Not much action today in the stock markets on this Friday before a 3-day Memorial Day holiday weekend. The action was real…
8 years, 1 month ago
FOMC Is Far More Dovish Than the Minutes Imply – Ep. 355
Markets Rallied on Fed Minutes Interpreted as Dovish
Earlier today we got the release of the latest Federal Open Market Committee minutes and before …
8 years, 1 month ago
Trade War Ends Before It Begins – Ep. 354
Solid Gains Today in the Major Stock Market Averages
We had solid gains today in the major stock market averages; the DJIA putting in the largest per…
8 years, 1 month ago
Bond Breakdown Gathers Momentum – Ep. 353
Las Vegas to Vancouver to Las Vegas
I'm recording today's podcast from my hotel room in Vancouver, Canada. I'm up here for a couple of days at the 2…
8 years, 1 month ago
Currency Traders Have It Backwards Ep. 352
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8 years, 2 months ago
Consumers Won’t Be Comfortable with Higher Inflation – Ep. 351
Fed is Willing to Tolerate Higher Inflation
Today is the first Friday in May and that means we got the April Jobs Report released today, and before I…
8 years, 2 months ago
Sell in May and Go Away – Ep. 350
Market Tends to Produce Better Returns in the First 4 Months of the Year
There is an old Wall Street adage: "Sell in May and Go Away". The reason for…
8 years, 2 months ago