
Leading Indicators and Lumber
One of our go-to indicators to track the direction of the economy is the Conference Board’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators (LEI for short). For
One of our go-to indicators to track the direction of the economy is the Conference Board’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators (LEI for short). For
Encouraging trends are pointing to a healing labor market. Unemployment claims fell below one million per week to 963,000, beating expectations by a wide margin. This is
The U.S. Presidential election is a little more than three months away. The campaign will be vigorously contested by both parties, with emotions running high and
Six stocks currently make up almost 22% of the S&P 500 Index: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet (Google), Netflix and Microsoft. Their dominance has been the
Popular wisdom holds that stocks are risky and bonds are safe. Over the last several months, huge amounts of capital have flowed out of stocks
Over the past few months, we have been asked several times how the market can be rising in the face of such terrible economic data.
One thing we can say about the pandemic is that it is accelerating many trends that were already in place, as can be seen in
If you withdrew funds from your IRA this year as part of a required minimum distribution (RMD), you are probably eligible to roll the funds
Now is the time to be extra vigilant against scam artists seeking to defraud individuals during this Covid- 19 pandemic. The FBI recently issued warnings