Saturday, April 5, 2025 In the two days following Trump’s reckless introduction of the opening round of a worldwide trade war, aimed at friends and foes alike, the stock market has lost trillions of dollars of market value. China responded, “We see your tariffs, and we raise you our own tariffs. In addition, we increase…… Continue reading Where’s the Bottom?
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“Don’t Fight the Fed”
This is a simplistic, but highly useful, Wall Street investment guide that strongly recommends that you adjust your portfolio’s balance among Stocks, Bonds, and Cash in harmony with the Federal Reserve’s (“The Fed’s) monetary policies. This market wisdom was mentioned in Martin Zweig’s book “Winning on Wall Street” published in 1970. Still worth reading today.…… Continue reading “Don’t Fight the Fed”
China plans to throw 3 Trillion Dollars to Save Economy
As China’s economy implodes because of the debt buildup over the years, which cannot now be sustained, combined with the covid lockdowns in the major cities, can they solve the potential collapse by creating more debt? It is looking like China’s economy has been built on unsustainable debt levels. In addition, the Chinese authorities are…… Continue reading China plans to throw 3 Trillion Dollars to Save Economy
New Lows Ahead?
After two days of market rally based on the hope that inflation forces might be subsiding, Target-TGT- reports disappointing earnings before the market opens, and declines almost 25%. At the same time the Dow drops almost 400 points at the opening for trading. All of sudden market participants wake up to the fact that inflation…… Continue reading New Lows Ahead?
Inflation Peaking?
Despite high levels of inflation recorded early in the week, the markets staged a strong rally on Thursday and Friday, on the wishful thinking that inflation readings may be “topping.” Although many of the market averages are in oversold levels, despite the late week rally, still recorded its 6th losing week with the S&P Index…… Continue reading Inflation Peaking?
Blue Monday
May 5th, 2022 Stock and Bond markets are off to a very shaky start this week, with a probable 500 point Dow drop, and the 10 year Treasury yield rising to 3.18%, the highest level since late 2018. Remember yields move inversely with bond prices; as yields go up, bond prices go down. The scary…… Continue reading Blue Monday
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