Markets hate uncertainty. And even if bull markets do “crawl up a wall of worry,” uncertainty is always a convenient excuse for a big sell-off. Now HSBC’s strategy team is upgrading European […]
It is no secret that the stock market has lost some of its luster in 2025. Economic reports are coming in slower than had been expected. Corporate earnings and guidance are also […]
The word “megatrend” should never be ignored by investors. After all, this is where tactical investors can ride a long-term wave in hopes of profits. Secular trends can last 10 years, or […]
Economic worries impact the financial markets. When you throw in political risks, those economic worries may become emotionally driven as well. And as 2025 is now more than two months in, the […]
The 2025 wildfires that were seen in and around the greater Los Angeles area were unlike other natural disasters. Some areas were literally wiped off the map. And some structures, even in […]
The U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury are currently in a major bind over interest rates. The Treasury is now spending over $1.1 billion per year in interest alone as debt […]
Whether you are a Baby Boomer or Gen-X, Social security is in your crosshairs right now or it will be in the next 10 years (trust me on that). The good news […]
Whether you are a fan of tariffs or not, it turns out that the top U.S. steel and aluminum companies appear to like the news of 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum. […]
Tactical investors rotate portions of their investments to where they think the trends will help their short-term or long-term returns. It’s not always just an effort to time the entire market, but […]
Everyone already knows that high interest rates are currently making housing affordability an impossibility for many new buyers. The main aspect about high rates, particularly when they are persistent and staying higher, […]
The last two decades have come with many fad and buzzword investment themes. Many of those themes come and go, some to never be heard from ever again. Water is a theme […]
The homebuilder sector continues to face pressure as 2025 gets underway. Despite a pro-growth and pro-business agenda of the Trump administration, there are issues like interest rates, building costs and availability that […]
Is the Chinese AI DeepSeek going to topple AI as we know it in the United Stated and the Western hemisphere? The answer remains to be seen but the destruction of value […]
Imagine the day that the government tells you (but not anyone else) that you cannot buy certain goods or that your money (but only yours) is not worth as much as someone […]
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. He immediately signed dozens of new Executive Actions on Inauguration Day. One key focus of the campaign and […]
Donald Trump has now officially been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. Wall Street’s mood has shifted more positive on the heels of more pro-business optimism and is […]
Are Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies really digital currencies or should they just be thought of as digital assets? The answer probably depends upon whom you ask. And it may also depend on […]
Perhaps the latest scare out of the Surgeon General asking for warning labels that even moderate drinking can lead to cancer scared the drinking public. The problem, even though this “study” was […]
It’s a new year and new Wall Street forecasts are coming out fast and furious. Most strategists are forecasting that the S&P 500 will rise about 12% in 2025 and that the […]
2024 was a great year for stocks. That said, even with a 23% annual gain in the S&P 500, year-end performance was not very good. That expected Santa Rally morphed into a […]