Markets Rise Anticipating Rates Cuts and China Deal…
Markets on the Rise! With US Treasury rates continuing to stay low, I think it’s in the bank that the Federal Reserve will continue to slash interest rates, which certainly makes stocks more attractive. One of the negatives, is that I’ve already seen my American Express High Yield Savings Account reduce the rate from 2.0% […]
The Back and Forth Market Continues…
The Back and Forth Market Continues… August is now in the books, and good riddance. After hitting the yearly high in July, August was a back and forth market based on the rhetoric of our trade war. Negative information punished the markets, and words suggesting trade war improvement moved us higher. The negative, however, certainly […]
Markets Take it on the Chin….
Markets Take It on the Chin Another crazy week in the markets! The major indexes are down 4 weeks in a row. Well, it’s August, Global growth appears to be slowing (at least temporarily), interest rates have moved significantly lower, and who really knows what is going on with our Trade War! This is a […]
Hmm… Fed reducing rates by .25 or .50?
Fed — .25 or .50? Finally!! This Wednesday we will hear whether the Fed will reduce the discount rate by either .25% or .50%. My guess is .25%….. Either way, much will be said AND written. If it’s .25%, the talk will be – when will they reduce further? Which upcoming meeting? If it’s […]
Major Earnings Week, but does it matter?!
Major Earnings Week, but does it matter?! 1/3 of the S&P 500 companies will report 2nd quarter earnings this week! Normally, this many earnings reports would sway markets one way or another. I don’t expect based on earnings reports alone that much movement will occur, but who knows!!! So far out of 79 S&P […]
Earnings Take Center Stage!
Earnings Take Center Stage! Fed Still in Spotlight Markets Hitting New Highs!! This week we begin the avalanche of Corporate Earnings reports beginning with the Banking Industry. After the minutes from last week’s Fed’s meeting and Chairman Powell’s testimony, it is widely believed a rate cut, or 2 or 3, is in the bag! […]
The Fed, the Fed and the Fed
The Fed, the Fed and the Fed The Standard and Poor’s 500 Stock Index is approximately 2% from again reaching its all time high! Global economic growth has been slowing, the China Tariff issue does NOT appear to have any resolution coming in the short-term, Corporate America is at least temporarily becoming a bit […]
