Source: BusinessInsider.com S&P 500: The "New Normal" Despite clear cracks forming beneath the surface of the U.S. economy, the S&P 500/SPX ( SP500 ) and other major stock market averages are trading near all-time highs. Source: StockCharts.com Prior to the recent slight ...

A good case can be made that given the current state of the economy, as captured on the BaR Analysis Grid © , a recession is extremely unlikely to occur in the next 12 months, and probably beyond that. Previous observations In my July 2019 Seeking Alpha article, based on the positio...

Originally published on November 21, 2019 By Philip Lawlor, Managing Director, Head of Global Markets Research With the recent upsurge in global equity markets, investors seem to be looking beyond the bleak near-term earnings picture to the sunnier prospects farther out on the horizon....