This morning’s Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for December (1 million+ more job openings than there are folks looking for work), once

2/12/19 The latest BofA/ML mutual fund manager survey shows a presently high level of bearishness among respondents and cash positions at their highest since

In a weekend blog post I illustrated the market’s view of the present state of U.S. housing (bullish). Keeping with that theme — by

2/11/19 Big overnight gains in Asia and Europe didn’t translate to gains in the U.S.. Clearly, traders are awaiting feedback from this week’s trade

As I stated on Saturday (and a zillion times previously), trade is THE global issue of the day — and is utterly huge in

Each week I perform a detailed technical analysis of the equities that make up the key sectors of the economy. While these analyses help

Once playing, click the icon in the lower right corner for full screen. Focus should occur after a few seconds; if not, click the

While 500ish points of Dow downside (yesterday and so far this morning) is an attention getter, at this point, it’s been pretty blah. The

2/7/19 The market fell apart today when Larry Kudlow suggested that the U.S. and China are essentially nowhere near a trade deal. This is

If you’re interested in understanding the cold realities of protectionism, this short clip touches on the long-term commonsense of the issues of the day,