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The Most Important Thing
The Full Story: The most important thing when forecasting markets is to know what the most important thing is. Over the past few years, the
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The Full Story: Federal Reserve Chief Jerome Powell is not an economist. Jerome studied politics at Princeton and obtained a law degree from Georgetown. He
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Happy Halftime!
While we spend much of our energy looking forward, and we will devote many watts to our upcoming Halftime Outlook, it seems appropriate, and it
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FOMZzz
The Federal Reserve’s FOMC meeting results this week were a snooze fest. The Fed has now held rates steady at 5.5% for 12 months. They
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Place Your (Dollar & Non-Dollar) Bets!
Markets slid sideways this week lacking meaningful catalysts. Earnings season has ended. Inflation data arrived as expected. Sentiment levels sit at neutral levels. Interest rates
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What’s Awesome-ER than NVIDIA?
AI chip maker NVIDIA reported superlative quarterly results this week with sales leaping 260%, earnings leaping 460% and the stock leaping to a 100% gain
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Growing Gains
Each day investors receive stock market valuation inputs: Fed decisions, economic data releases, fiscal policy changes, sentiment squiggles, weather reports, Superbowl winners, etc. Yet only