Insights

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, 2024 APRIL INFLATION NUMBERS:  After a few months of discouraging inflation data, April provided some relief. The Consumer Price...

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, 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,...

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...

April 22, 2024 INFLATION AND THE FED:  From January of 2017 to February of 2020, the U.S. Consumer Price Index rose by 2%,...

April 15, 2024 GEOPOLITICAL EVENT:  I return to my writing later than usual to briefly acknowledge what you will all be seeing and...

April 8, 2024 MORE JOBS REPORTED:  According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added a net 303,000 new jobs in...

March 31, 2024 THE FOURTH QUARTER WAS BETTER THAN FIRST REPORTED:  According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the U.S....