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Digging deeper into the BLS jobs data for January reveals some cautions as well as additional positives and interesting facts about the impact of the pandemic on the jobs situation. As the result of some additional data that BLS has started to collect since the pandemic hit, we see th...

The January NFIB Small Business Optimism Index was reported at 97.1, down 1.8 points, the lowest reading for the Index since the February 2021 reading of 95.8. Additionally, small businesses continue to have a dim view on the economy, with more small businesses expecting a worsening e...

Rates are breaking out on a global basis. The higher rates rise, the worse it will get for equity market valuations. The game of the past two years is now over. For further details see: Game Over: Higher Rates = Lower Stocks

A 50% decline will only be a correction and not a bear market. In March 2020, the stock market declined a whopping 35% in a single month. Over the last 12 years, the pace of price increases accelerated due to massive fiscal and monetary interventions, extremely low borrowing costs...

Technical analysis has always been a hotly debated investing tactic. We built two portfolios that went long the S&P 500 when it traded above its moving average and shorted it when it traded below. While the returns associated with these moving average strategies may be down fr...

A 40-year cycle of falling interest rates is finally coming to an end. This is why the innovation and long duration funds are now down 50%-60%. Bond Funds are also in harm's way. Many sectors of the market do well in this new rising interest rate environment. Unless.... ...

The headline number for January came in at 97.1, down 1.8 from the previous month. The index is at the 32nd percentile in this series. A decline in Small Business Sentiment was a long leading indicator for the previous two recessions (but clearly not for the current recession). ...

Conditions will further normalize this year, which will help some of the harder-hit states see above-average gains as employment returns off its current low base. As oil prices spiraled downward in early 2020, the top oil-producing states saw their mining sectors completely unravel. ...

The problem is, in fearing volatility, most asset managers and their algorithms are now positioning themselves to perform closer to the Dow 30 or S&P 500 Indices. Some capital markets traders may think risk only refers to short-term volatility, but that is not true. When in a ...

Markets are nervous in front of Thursday's Consumer Price Index report. The sell-off in tech stocks at the end of yesterday's trading day is likely a prelude of what is to come if we see a print above 7%. Yet the economy is gaining strength as the latest wave of the pandemic fades...