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Soft Landing Rallies Tech, Tech Sheds Workers, Bankruptcies Rise
January 29, 2024 U.S. ECONOMY STILL GROWING: The U.S. Commerce Department reported last week that the economy grew by a 3.3% annualized...
Jan 29, 20243 min read
S&P 500 Hits New Record and Welcome Elisabeth Rose!
January 21, 2024 U.S. STOCKS UP AGAIN: U.S. tech stocks did it again and led the S&P 500 to a new high. The S&P 500 had gone more than...
Jan 21, 20245 min read
Stocks and Prices are Up, and Joan of Arc
January 15, 2024 CPI BOUNCES BACK UP A BIT: Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was up 0.3% in December, and up...
Jan 15, 20245 min read
More Jobs, Tracing Vasco Da Gama, and Welcome Josefine Lynne!
January 8, 2024 STRONG JOBS REPORT: 216,000 net new jobs were added to the U.S. economy in December, a higher number than the prior two...
Jan 8, 20243 min read
Predictions, Goals and the Winner is West Chester!
January 1, 2024 AND THE WINNER IS...WEST CHESTER, PA: Stonecrop's offices are in a beautiful office building in the heart of the borough...
Jan 1, 20246 min read
Twas the Night Before
December 24, 2023 It is Saturday morning when I usually write these emails, and within the hour more than two dozen people are going to...
Dec 24, 20231 min read
Soaring Stocks, Shohei, and Bad Santa
December 17, 2023 THE FED HOLDS STEADY AND SAYS ALL THE RIGHT THINGS: For a change, the Fed not only did what Wall Street wanted, held...
Dec 17, 20235 min read
Surprisingly Strong Economy, Weak Stocks, and Beautiful Country
October 29, 2023 A STRONG ECONOMY: The U.S. economy, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), grew at an annualized rate of 4.9% in...
Oct 28, 20233 min read
Higher Borrowing Costs, Strong Labor, and Portugal
October 22, 2023 SO HARD TO WATCH: This email focuses on economic and market news and financial planning issues. We largely stay away...
Oct 21, 20235 min read
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