Trump Trade War Show Continues… Last Friday, President Trump responded to retaliatory tariffs by the Chinese by raising the tariffs he’d already declared, and ordering companies doing business in ...
Headwinds Building
While President Trump recently stepped across the invisible line called the DMZ, the economy crossed its own invisible line. At 121 months, the current economic expansion is the longest on record. It ...
Week In Review – July 15 2019
Fed Minutes and Chair Testimony Point to Lower Rates… Fed Chair Jerome Powell testified at the House Banking Committee and the Fed released the minutes of its latest meeting. Both emphasized greater ...
Teeter Totter Market
At the End of Q2 2019 – May was another month of dashed hopes as stocks flirted with prior highs but, exhausted, declined all month. June rallied on the hope that the Federal Reserve would provide the ...
Week In Review – June 24 2019
Federal Reserve Holds Rates Steady, Indicates Rate Cut This Year… The Federal Reserve changed its description of the U.S. economy and gave an updated estimate of rates, implying two rate cuts by next ...