Is There Really a Santa Claus?

Is There Really a Santa Claus? Wednesday was one of those amazing days with the S&P 500 index rising 3% for the day! The bull must be back, right? Not so fast… We’ve said this a few times in the past, but we’ll say it again. The best days in stock market history have occurred […]
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Often Wrong, Never in Doubt | March 19, 2022

Often Wrong, Never in Doubt Economic projections are rarely easy and are most difficult when most needed. The Fed is forecasting an economic ‘soft landing’ (they NEVER forecast a recession!). The reactive Fed is now behind the curve – that is, reacting late to the inflationary surge, but it expects economic growth to continue unabated. […]
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CPI Hits 7.5% : What it Means to Us… | February 12, 2022

CPI Hits 7.5% – What It Means to Us… Headline CPI for January surprised on the upside registering 7.5% vs. expectations of 7.3%. What makes it more of a surprise is that the day before, the ‘whisper number’ was that CPI would come in below expectations. The cause of the higher number is a scheduled […]
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When it Absolutely, Positively Has to Be There… | February 20, 2021

When it Absolutely, Positively Has to Be There… Those old enough will probably recognize our title from the iconic Federal Express tagline ‘When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight’. When the pandemic hit almost a year ago, one of the key words of the time was delivery. Groceries were delivered in record amounts, […]
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