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Stocks Rise, Interest Rates Unchanged, Elections, and Happy Fathers' Day
June 17, 2024 DOES JEROME POWELL READ MACGRAY MATTER?: Last week, MacGray Matter included a longer-than-usual entry about anomalies in...
Jun 17, 20245 min read


Interest Rates, Conflicting Jobs Data, and a Vivid Memory
June 10, 2024 INTEREST RATES LOWERED...IN EUROPE: The European Central Bank cut interest rates last week for the first time in five...
Jun 10, 20246 min read


High Interest, Slowing Economy, Disturbing My Routine
June 3, 2024 FIRST QUARTER GROWTH RATE REVISED: Earlier, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced that the U.S. economy grew...
Jun 3, 20244 min read


Rodman Gregg, New Homes, Shareholder Clout, and a Mirror to Nowhere
May 27, 2024 HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!: We get a three day weekend thanks to those who served the U.S. in the armed forces and are no longer...
May 27, 20245 min read


Inflation Rising, But Less, Stocks Rise, Jamie Speaks Truth, and Stonewall
May 20, 2024 APRIL INFLATION NUMBERS: After a few months of discouraging inflation data, April provided some relief. The Consumer Price...
May 20, 20244 min read


Happy Investors, Sad Consumers, and the Badrulchau Monoliths
May 13, 2024 APRIL BAD, MAY GOOD: After a very strong start to the year, stocks swooned in April, only to revive again in May. The S&P...
May 13, 20243 min read


Slowing Employment Growth, Europe Growing, and Dr. Bynum
May 6, 2024 JOB GROWTH SLOWS: In April, the U.S. economy added more jobs, but at a slower pace. 175,000 net new jobs were added,...
May 6, 20244 min read


Stocks Rise, Less Homes and Babies for Millennials, Sketchy Golf
April 29, 2024 U.S. ECONOMY GROWS, BUT AT A SLOWER RATE: According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the economy, as measured by...
Apr 29, 20244 min read


Inflation and War Lower Stocks, Housing Costs, Parkers and Vitamins
April 22, 2024 INFLATION AND THE FED: From January of 2017 to February of 2020, the U.S. Consumer Price Index rose by 2%,...
Apr 22, 20244 min read
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