Markets… Always Forward, Never Straight
Higher Probability of FED Increase… and Markets Rise? Anyone looking at U.S. stock market performance for the last week might assume it was a pretty quiet week. They would be wrong. It was a very...
View ArticleFourth Quarter Review…
FOURTH QUARTER REVIEW… The Federal Reserve pulled the trigger. At the December Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the Fed finally acted, tightening monetary policy by raising the funds rate from...
View ArticleMarkets ❤️ Monetary Easing
Stim-u-late mar-kets! Come on! It’s monetary easing.* The European Central Bank (ECB) was singing a tune that invigorated financial markets last week. The Wall Street Journal explained: “The fresh...
View ArticleThe FED – BREXIT Combo
The world’s stock markets took it on the chin last week. A one-two punch was delivered with the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting leading and concerns Britain will leave the European Union...
View ArticleBrexit Fallout: What Are They – Nuts?
BREXIT FALLOUT: What Are They – Nuts? Brexit is not exactly “new” news. Economists and media pundits have complained about the brokenness of the E.U. for the better part of the last decade. There are...
View ArticleWhat Happens Now? After Brexit?
WHAT HAPPENS NOW? WHAT HAPPENS AFTER BREXIT? It seems likely the British government will spend the next few weeks or months developing a strategy for its departure from the EU. Right off the bat, the...
View ArticleEuropean Union Quarantine’s Depression In Greece
THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK IS NO U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE OR PEOPLE’S BANK OF CHINA OR BANK OF ENGLAND. Recent matters in Greece have highlighted some of the problems with the European Union. One of the...
View ArticleGreece – A Disaster, Not a Threat
Greece is an unmitigated Disaster, but not a threat. It is a wonder that Greece was ever allowed to join the European Union. However, now that they are in, The EU cannot let them out and MUST make them...
View ArticleConfidence is Up and Markets are Up
IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR! Dad: “Fra-gee-lay” …it must be Italian! Mom: I think that says “fragile,” honey. Dad: Oh, yeah. This holiday season, investors’ enthusiasm for U.S. stocks has...
View ArticleThe Case of the Swirling Euros
In mid-September, local authorities in Geneva, Switzerland were investigating an unexpected deposit. Reuters reported: “…the first blockage occurred in the toilet serving the vault at [a] bank…in...
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