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Senior Markets Expert and Financial Host Matt Benjamin examines the turnaround the U.S. economy has seen in recent months and the resulting stock market boom. When looking at the most recent economic data, it's best to apply Occam's razor. When it comes to economics, Occam's razor...

The IMF is forecasting world economic growth to be the best in forty years with the United States and China leading the way as economies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The recoveries throughout the world are primarily supply-side recoveries from the closures and shutdowns, but so...

The upcoming first-quarter economic report for the US is expected to post a strong acceleration in growth, according to a set of nowcasts. Firmer growth expectations for the US and the global economy are also highlighted in this week's revised forecasts from The International Monetary...

Markets typically experience cyclical pullbacks after trending higher for a long period of time. Although no one can see the future, it does stand to reason that stimulus-addicted equity markets could see a substantial pullback from current levels if and when the Fed puts on the brake...

For us, as investors seeking to buy shares of profitable companies at prices that reflect their measurable economic value, the question is what, if anything, the changes we are seeing in the stock markets, and the emergence of a new breed of stock-buyers, means for us and for our clients....

Despite the recent correction in the markets, leading to a hedge fund imploding, investors remain exuberant. As is often the case, investors tend to pile into markets when the risk versus reward is out of their favor. At the moment, it certainly feels as if the market is unstoppab...

Strong global manufacturing production reported in March, but growth stymied by supply constraints. Rising backlogs of work hint at further robust expansion in second quarter. But inflation concerns are fanned by record rise in factory gate prices. For further details see: ...

One recent effect of U.S. leadership in the current recovery has been the strength of the dollar. Japan is currently enduring its fourth wave of coronavirus infections and has no domestic vaccine production. Attitudes toward shareholder value among Japan's corporate management app...

I am shocked how investors can watch and read financial media and not be confused. The messages change daily based upon what the market did, with no consistency from one day to the next. Our experience has been that tuning out the financial media allows you to focus on what is imp...

The creation of 916,000 jobs in the month of March is truly impressive and a sign of a rebound in the nation's economy, bringing the total for the first quarter to 1.6 million jobs. The March number far exceeds the 647,000 jobs predicted by economists and was nearly twice the 517,000 ...