Durable goods orders for February were exceptionally strong! The bright spot to us being core capital goods; i.e., businesses in the U.S. are expanding,

We featured a beautiful eagle flowing over a snowy mountain range as our visual in the intro, then I completely forgot to share the

Regular readers by now are well-versed on our position with regard to protectionism. A few minutes ago we posted a quick piece on its

The following from Bloomberg Intelligence’s aerospace and defense analysts should help you understand why the stock market hates protectionism: “Increasing incomes in the developing

Days like this (Dow down 724) virtually require, say, 4 blog posts (by 3 pm).  You may recall, or perhaps not (given recent action),

Days like this (Dow down 724) virtually require, say, 4 blog posts (by 3 pm).  You may recall, or perhaps not (given recent action),

Uh oh, the tariffs have been announced (well, the announcement of the coming announcement of the tariffs has been announced)! But wait, after freezing

More often than not, when a headline inspires me to click through to an article (typically they don’t), I can glean all I need

I recall early in my career growing frustrated over what I viewed as Alan Greenspan’s obsession with the stock market. I remember thinking that

Not to belabor one morning’s worth of volatility, but since I jumped out early with an always-to-be-questioned-headline (and based on the unusual number of