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Ignore the market-weighted PE, relative to Q1 of 2007. The S&P 500 today is undervalued. The future outlook with regard to the business cycle, volatility, yield curve, and what it means for stocks. There are too many deflationary forces for troublesome inflation to persist. ...

+916,000 million jobs added. U6 underemployment rate declined 0.4 to 10.7%, compared with the January 2020 low of 6.9%, and the April 2020 high of 22.9%. Permanent job losers decreased -65,000 to 3,432,000. For further details see: Blockbuster March Jobs Report, But Stil...

The word inflation simply means rising prices. Because current usage conflates different conditions of inflation. it can lead to miscalculation and malnvestment. Some market commentators either because of self-serving motives or real concern about inflation conditions years from now a...

The reasons as to why money managers do something often make me scratch my head. Money managers are not often aligned with your goals. It's time to take stock (pun intended) as to whether your goals are aligned with your money manager's. For further details see: Sentimen...

The BLS reported Friday that the US added nearly 1,000,000 jobs in March, a number well above the supposed consensus of 675,000 jobs. It was what the market has been looking for - the arrival of the end-of-the-virus-boom. However, even a booming jobs report that showed job growth acro...

Archegos provides yet another anecdote that the expansive global derivatives marketplace is at the epicenter of leverage and speculative excess. From numerous reports, it appears Archegos had fund equity of around $10 billion. Positions have been estimated in the range of $50 billion ...

Despite a weaker February, more forward-looking data remains robust and the economic growth outlook is strong. The concern that's developing is, of course, on inflation. We are likely to see a move higher in inflation in the near term. Strategas Chief Economist Don Rissmiller dive...

The US economy is about to run hot as a hiring spree has officially started. It will take several months of massive job gains to alter the Fed's stance, so investors can feel confident that an ultra-accommodative stance will remain in place throughout the summer. Economic data tha...

Long-term interest rates, which have been rising in many developed countries since the start of the year, fluctuated a bit the week of March 29, Cousley noted. The Biden administration plans to fund the infrastructure plan through tax increases, Cousley explained, including by raising...

Back in 2008, US banks gambled and lost. The aftermath was problematic. Today is quite different. For further details see: The Current Economic Downturn: It's Totally Different Than 2008