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Jun 24, 20244 min read
Short, Positive Market Week, China Struggles, and OBX
June 24, 2024 AI OPTIMISM CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY: The S&P 500 is what is called "cap-weighted." What this means is that the size of...
Jun 17, 20245 min read
Stocks Rise, Interest Rates Unchanged, Elections, and Happy Fathers' Day
June 17, 2024 DOES JEROME POWELL READ MACGRAY MATTER?: Last week, MacGray Matter included a longer-than-usual entry about anomalies in...
Jun 10, 20246 min read
Interest Rates, Conflicting Jobs Data, and a Vivid Memory
June 10, 2024 INTEREST RATES LOWERED...IN EUROPE: The European Central Bank cut interest rates last week for the first time in five...
Jun 3, 20244 min read
High Interest, Slowing Economy, Disturbing My Routine
June 3, 2024 FIRST QUARTER GROWTH RATE REVISED: Earlier, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced that the U.S. economy grew...
May 27, 20245 min read
Rodman Gregg, New Homes, Shareholder Clout, and a Mirror to Nowhere
May 27, 2024 HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!: We get a three day weekend thanks to those who served the U.S. in the armed forces and are no longer...
May 20, 20244 min read
Inflation Rising, But Less, Stocks Rise, Jamie Speaks Truth, and Stonewall
May 20, 2024 APRIL INFLATION NUMBERS: After a few months of discouraging inflation data, April provided some relief. The Consumer Price...
May 13, 20243 min read
Happy Investors, Sad Consumers, and the Badrulchau Monoliths
May 13, 2024 APRIL BAD, MAY GOOD: After a very strong start to the year, stocks swooned in April, only to revive again in May. The S&P...
May 6, 20244 min read
Slowing Employment Growth, Europe Growing, and Dr. Bynum
May 6, 2024 JOB GROWTH SLOWS: In April, the U.S. economy added more jobs, but at a slower pace. 175,000 net new jobs were added,...
Apr 29, 20244 min read
Stocks Rise, Less Homes and Babies for Millennials, Sketchy Golf
April 29, 2024 U.S. ECONOMY GROWS, BUT AT A SLOWER RATE: According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the economy, as measured by...
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