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New Year of Unknowns and Focus on Prosperity
January 5, 2025 U.S. MANUFACTURING SLOWS MORE SLOWLY: The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) keeps a monthly index called the...
Jan 66 min read
So Long Shirley
December 29, 2024 WHAT WOULD WARREN BUFFET DO?: From time to time, some of you have told me of your nervousness caused by actions by...
Dec 30, 20244 min read
Scrooge, Leading Economic Indicators, Equal Time, and Joy
December 22, 2024 PLAYING THE ROLE OF EBENEZER SCROOGE...: The Fed met last week and announced a decrease in its benchmark rate by one...
Dec 22, 20244 min read
Nettlesome Inflation and "Be Funny"?
December 15, 2024 NETTLESOME INFLATION: The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.3% in November after rising 0.2% for the prior four...
Dec 15, 20244 min read
Record High Stocks, Record Old Homebuyers, and God Bless Ike
December 8, 2024 JOBS BOUNCE BACK: According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the U.S. economy added 227,000 new jobs in...
Dec 9, 20244 min read
Stocks Flying, Inflation Hanging Around, and Mayflower Descendants
December 1, 2024 STOCKS HAVE A GREAT MONTH: The short trading week ended on a high note, capping the best month of the year for the S&P...
Dec 1, 20243 min read
Stocks, Confidence, and Mortgage Rates Move Up; Gratitude and Contentment
November 24, 2024 STOCKS UP AGAIN: Last week, stocks gave back some of the prior weeks' gains. This week, gains resumed. Nvidia...
Nov 24, 20244 min read
Inflation Remains the Theme, and Your 21-Year-Old Self
November 17, 2024 OCTOBER INFLATION: The Consumer Price Index increased by 0.2% in October, and the 12-month inflation number now...
Nov 17, 20243 min read
Stocks and Mortgage Rates Up, and Bruce Cockburn
November 10, 2024 THE ELECTION: I had someone complement me last week on how I keep this email away from either side of the political...
Nov 10, 20246 min read
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