The Fed seems to be overly concerned with the stock market -- rather than its dual mandate. Here's why that matters... Read More

The Fed seems to be overly concerned with the stock market -- rather than its dual mandate. Here's why that matters... Read More

Like most indicators, this one isn't bulletproof. With that being said, it does have a darn good track record... Read More

Like most indicators, this one isn't bulletproof. With that being said, it does have a darn good track record... Read More

Shopping is one those activities that won't be the same post-Covid, but may be better in some ways. Here's one way to profit... Read More

Shopping is one those activities that won't be the same post-Covid, but may be better in some ways. Here's one way to profit... Read More

I've found something that tells us the market's advance is being powered by fewer and fewer stocks. Here's why that matters... Read More

I've found something that tells us the market's advance is being powered by fewer and fewer stocks. Here's why that matters... Read More

While the VIX provides information about the market, it doesn't say much about specific stocks. That's why we created this indicator... Read More

While the VIX provides information about the market, it doesn't say much about specific stocks. That's why we created this indicator... Read More

The laws of physics mean that we cannot generate energy from nothing. Or, as economists might say, there is no such thing as a free lunch... Read More

The laws of physics mean that we cannot generate energy from nothing. Or, as economists might say, there is no such thing as a free lunch... Read More

Since the end of World War II, inflation has been relatively constrained. There have been just a few times when the year-over-year change of the consumer price index topped 5%. You can see this illustrated in the chart below. Source: Federal Reserve In the late 1940s, inflation roared after the government lifted price controls that had been imposed during World War II. In the 1950s, inflation rose as the government increased spending to fight the Korean War. The Vietnam War explains the rise in inflation in the 1960s. In the 1970s, wars indirectly drove… Read More

Since the end of World War II, inflation has been relatively constrained. There have been just a few times when the year-over-year change of the consumer price index topped 5%. You can see this illustrated in the chart below. Source: Federal Reserve In the late 1940s, inflation roared after the government lifted price controls that had been imposed during World War II. In the 1950s, inflation rose as the government increased spending to fight the Korean War. The Vietnam War explains the rise in inflation in the 1960s. In the 1970s, wars indirectly drove inflation. In the early 1970s, oil prices jumped after OPEC imposed an embargo on countries that had supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War. Late in the decade, the revolution in Iran lowered that country’s oil production and prices rose again. The inflationary spike in the early 1990s was again due to oil and war, this time the first Gulf War that ended quickly. The next time inflation spiked was in 2008. This time there wasn’t a war. China’s economic growth increased demand for raw materials, especially oil, and the spike in oil drove inflation higher. What We Can Learn… Read More

Just like analysts are missing their targets right now, the Fed doesn't really know how this will all pan out. But that's a long-term concern... Read More

Just like analysts are missing their targets right now, the Fed doesn't really know how this will all pan out. But that's a long-term concern... Read More

To limit risks, I'm sticking with trading safe income stocks like this one. And best of all, we repeat trades like this to triple our income (or more)... Read More

To limit risks, I'm sticking with trading safe income stocks like this one. And best of all, we repeat trades like this to triple our income (or more)... Read More

We've talked before about how simple this strategy is. But today we’re going to show you just how powerful this strategy can be... Read More

We've talked before about how simple this strategy is. But today we’re going to show you just how powerful this strategy can be... Read More