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The world economy has grown tremendously in the last 100 years driven by multiple factors such as population growth, technological advancements and rapid urbanization, not to mention a healthy dose of inflation (with exceptions) throughout the time. We expect the global economic growth to slow...
The US recession warnings are flying every which way lately in the wake of an inverted yield curve. The spread on the 10-year less 3-month yields, in particular, has unleashed a wave of predictions that a new downturn is near. But some analysts point out that another widely followed spread - 1...
By Robert Hughes Surveys of purchasing managers from the Institute for Supply Management suggest support for continued economic expansion but also highlight concerns over trade policy and tariffs, as well as ongoing difficulty in filling open jobs. On balance, the results are positive but ...
Originally published on June 5, 2019 By Ansh Chaudhary The Dow rallied over 500 points on Tuesday (6/4) and has continued that rally as of Wednesday morning. This comes after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced the Fed would "act as appropriate to sustain the expansion," i...
Early last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics ((BLS)) reported that the unemployment rate in the United States had fallen to just 3.6%. It was the lowest in half a century, seemingly an amazing feat for the most puzzling boom ever conceived. Everyone says it is going gangbusters, but is eve...
Sentiment on the part of individual investors in the weekly survey from AAII has been reflecting equity weakness throughout May, and this week was once again no exception. Despite the rally over the past two sessions, declines Monday and at the end of last week have dragged bullish sentime...
By Jill Mislinski Here is the opening statement from the Department of Labor: In the week ending June 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 218,000, unchanged from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 3,000 from 215,00...
The Large Cap Blend style ranks first out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our Q2'19 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. Last quarter , the Large Cap Blend style ranked first as well. It gets our Very Attractive rating, which is based on an aggregation of ratings of 82 E...
By Liz Ann Sonders Although trade remains top of mind for markets, my prior bi-weekly report was a comprehensive look at that topic (albeit before the latest Mexico salvo); so I'll tackle a related topic today, which is how investor sentiment has fared through the latest market volatility ...
Median household income in the United States rose to a new nominal record high of $64,016 in April 2019, a 0.9% increase from Sentier Research's March 2019 estimate of $63,425 . The following chart shows the nominal (red) and inflation-adjusted (blue) trends for median household income in...