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Last week’s Consumer Price Index was reported lower than expected.  You may have thought the equity markets would have responded positively, as inflation is the reason…

Talk about an on-going debate?!  The opinions of whether we’ll have a recession and if so – how deep – are front and center!! It’s hard…

Last Friday we learned the US created 263,000 new jobs in November.  The number has certainly been trending downward, however the wage component has many talking…

Stock and Bond Markets have been attempting to rally higher, as expected. The yield on the 10-Year US Treasury has fallen from a high of 4.23%…

Markets have been attempting to rally….  Last week, the Producer Price Index “Inflation” number was released that pointed lower, as did the Consumer Price Index, the…

Last week, the CPI reading moderated, which pushed stocks notably higher.  The major stock indexes rose between 4 and 8%. Bonds were also a benefactor of…

Perhaps the most important week of the year?!  If you’ve been watching tv or surfing the internet, you may certainly think so…. We’ve heard both parties…

GDP, Gross Domestic Product, was reported at 2.6% last week.  Combined with the hope the Federal Reserve is entering the late stages of rate hikes, markets…

The S&P 500 managed to rally 4.74% last week, in the face of the obvious negativity and doubts as to where our economy is heading.  The…