Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell beat back the market’s most aggressive predictions for the path of interest rates Wednesday, setting off a dovish surge in stocks and bonds.
Some people like watching birds. Others auto racing. When we were young, watching submarine races was pretty popular. Today, we’re die-hard Fed watchers. The Fed is THE giant elephant in the economy we’re all trapped in … and whether the Fed likes us, hates us, or doesn’t know we exist … … if the elephant steps on …
Gold, the Fed and the Treasury are all saying something … Read More »
Many amateur investors … both Wall Street and Main Street … tend to “wing it” … investing on tips, hunches, intuition, and “feel”. And in real estate, you can add “insider information”. Not that anyone does that on Wall Street. Nah. Meanwhile, pros and serious amateurs pay attention to data, analysis, and the opinions of …
Last time, we explored the growling evidence that in spite of a tame Consumer Price Index (CPI), real-world inflation is becoming “a thing.” This is notable because it’s happening at a time when “velocity” … how fast money (or more accurately, “currency”) circulates … is slow due to lockdowns their fall out. In Part 2, …
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We REALLY tried to get this into one article, but it’s just too big … so this is Part 1 of 2 … and should only take about 4 minutes to read. Click here for Part 2 … The Story Underneath the Story … One short year ago the world was just starting to hear …
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As of this writing, we’re not sure how the U.S. election turns out. But we’re guessing the cheering, fearing, wailing, and gnashing of teeth will go on for quite a while. But although there’s a LOT of clues in the news, investment strategy, or personal development philosophy topics we could yammer about … … we …