In this morning’s log entry I noted that data this week has been “net positive”. Well, the exceedingly important ISM (Institute for Supply Management)

The week so far has seen no letup in this earnings season’s high percentage of bottom-line beats (relative to lowered expectations). Even top-line numbers,

The Fed left rates unchanged and, in their official statement, along with Powell at the presser, gave an overall upbeat assessment of general conditions.

In theory, the market should rally on this one. It’ll test our currently cautious near-term assessment: “President Donald Trump and leading Democratic lawmakers agreed

In case you’re wondering what’s ailing the market this morning (Dow down 130), here you go: (Bloomberg) — U.S. wants to leave some punitive tariffs

The Dow future contract was up 100 points in the premarket on McDonald’s earnings beat, however, since the open it’s been vacillating around the

Huge week this week in terms of earnings announcements (AAPL, GOOG, and tons more), the Fed and data! As for the Fed, this month’s

While Q1 earnings season has a ways yet to run, enough companies have reported at this point for us to begin gleaning general market

Believe me, it is my sincere hope that we’ll soon be able to dispense with our intense focus herein on the present state of

I think the best way to describe my current read on the vast array of economic and market-related data that we track week in