The U.S. Created 145,000 Jobs in December, Missing Expectations of 165,000... The unemployment rate remained at 3.5%. What it means – A miss of 20,000 jobs in an economy of more than 150 million is ...
Week In Review – November 25 2019
Fed Minutes Show a Consensus for Taking a Break... Minutes from the central bank’s last meeting show the members are split on lowering rates but agree on stepping back for a while. What it means – ...
de ja vu
Since mid-2018 the market has been stuck in a trading range. Reality is the market only advances to new highs twenty percent of the time. Eighty percent of investing is like roller coasting – up and ...
Week In Review – October 1 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Directs Several Committees to Begin an Impeachment Inquiry… The news isn’t financial exactly, but it definitely weighed on the markets. When the story broke, the Dow Jones ...
Week In Review – September 24 2019
The Federal Reserve Cut Interest Rates 0.25%... The Fed Funds rate now stands at 1.75% to 2.00%. What it means – The vote was 7 to 3, which isn’t great. Two of the dissenters wanted to hold rates ...