Chief Income Strategist Marc Lichtenfeld and Senior Managing Editor Rachel Gearhart are braving the snow in New York City today to promote Marc’s new book, You Don’t Have to Drive an Uber in Retirement. They got a super-early start (3:20 a.m.
March 7, 2018
Ok, let’s just step back for a second and take stock of everything that’s happened in the past 72 hours. Gary Cohn resigned in disgust over Trump’s decision to start a trade war; That same decision prompted Europe to threaten retaliatory
We are now about six weeks into this medium-term downtrend which is about when you have to start looking for a signal that a new uptrend is starting. But after such a strong run from August to January, maybe the
CNBC’s Courtney Reagan reports on Costco’s quarterly earnings.
Stock futures were getting pounded overnight in the aftermath of Gary Cohn’s resignation over trade tariffs. They managed a jagged ‘rally’ from the overnight lows through most of the day, managing to finish a little green or nearly unchanged. What
On Feb 1, the GDPNow forecast jumped to 5.4% after an ISM report. The bounce collapsed. The same happened on March 1. The latest GDPNow forecast is 2.8% down from 3.5% on the March 1 ISM spike. Once again an ISM spike
Here is an economic data point that you will not hear about in the mainstream financial media: U.S. wage growth in 2017 had been the weakest since 2010. In fact, labor costs rose a paltry 0.35% on a year-over-year basis.
Although we have long viewed Deere (DE) as a dividend name, we believe the stock will continue to offer capital appreciation from present levels. In this column, we discuss the segment-specific performance, growth of the name, and offer projections for
While working, this iguana popped out of the Bougainvillea to say hi. Enjoying the midday sun, the iguana got me thinking. How is it that this market, facing all kinds of obstacles each and every day, manages to climb up
According to Jordan, bond yields are the key. Gold has been going up with long term bond yields. As they’ve gone up, so has gold. Just like gold, long term bond yields are set to break out. All the requirements
