For years after the financial crisis of 2007-2009, investors worried about a second dip; a return to recession and crisis. Since the tax cuts along with decreases in the regulatory burden, [...]
The U.S. Department of Labor just reported that our economy expanded at a 4.1% rate for the second quarter. This is a massive improvement over the 2 – 2.5% rate we were growing just recently. [...]
Right in the middle of earnings season, the results look fantastic! Not only are earnings growing, so are revenues; and not by just a little. Both are advancing at a furious pace. It all looks [...]
Investors must remember, tariffs are a means to reduce imbalances and unfair trading practices. They are not meant to be a permanent solution. They are a way to impose costs on certain trading [...]
“Home of the brave and land of the free”; it’s good to be an American. Our market-based economy isn’t perfect, but it has elevated so many out of poverty and has provided some of the best living [...]
If we don’t yet have a trade war, we’re at least fighting some increasingly serious skirmishes. Our side’s calculation is that this is a good time to pressure our trading partners for [...]
The Federal Government tried to stop the merger between AT&T and Time Warner citing restraint of trade and a potential for higher consumer costs. This argument was soundly rejected. Content [...]
The stock market continues to be a battle between two competing outlooks. One forecasts a slow, challenging growth environment for the economy and the other an acceleration. Some investors even [...]
Crises in the stock market occur rather regularly. Most pass quickly and represent no fundamental change in the business outlook. These do offer an opportunity to acquire bargains or perhaps [...]
