Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHawkish Hike May Backfire on Fed – Ep. 258
Summary
Quantitative Tightening Ahead:
The Federal Reserve came out with a surprisingly hawkish rate hike today, announcing plans to shrink the bala…
8 years, 9 months ago
Statehood Would Be a Step Down for Puerto Rico – Ep. 257
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In Puerto Rico's recently held non-binding referendum on statehood, just 23% of the eligible voters who actually voted overwhelmingly chose…
8 years, 9 months ago
Volatility Rises as Fed Readies Another Rate Hike Ep. 256
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Friday's Tech Wreck continued today, some stocks making key technical reversals. The crypto currencies, also experienced volatility as Bitco…
8 years, 9 months ago
Political Theater Trumps Economic Data – Ep. 255
Summary: As an unexpected pro-labor vote in the U.K. weakened the pound and strengthened the dollar, the market reacted more to political news, abro…
8 years, 9 months ago
Will Gold’s Breakout be the Pin that Pricks the Crypto Bubble? Ep. 254
Summary: Gold and gold stocks are moving to new highs as the dollar index continues its slide. Although some connect this move to market jitters over…
8 years, 9 months ago
Weak Data Further Undermines Fed’s Credibility – Ep. 253
Summary: Today's big miss in the Nonfarm Payroll report indicates further proof for the Fed that the Q1 weak economic data was not transitory. Coup…
8 years, 9 months ago
Does Weak Box Office Reflect Weak Economy? – Ep. 252
Summary: Box office revenues for this holiday weekend were the weakest since 1999. Why is that? Some say the movies were not very good, but I think …
8 years, 9 months ago
Fed Admits It Needs Evidence Q1 Weakness Was Transitory – Ep. 251
Summary: The Fed is now indicating it needs evidence that the Q1 weak economic data is transitory and not a trend. This is interesting for 2 reason…
8 years, 10 months ago
The Dollar’s Decline Is Only Just Getting Started – Ep. 250
Summary: The dollar's decline really started with the Fed's too-little-too late rate hikes. The rally of 2014 - 2015 was fueled by expectations of …
8 years, 10 months ago
Will Republicans Dump Trump for Pence? – Ep. 249
Summary: Republicans face chaos around Trump's political difficulties, causing some to consider potential advantages of a President Pence. Market vo…
8 years, 10 months ago