by Daniel White | Apr 21, 2025 | Economy
April 21, 2025 In 2022, Wall Street predicted stocks would rise 5%. Stocks fell 18%. In 2023, for seemingly the first time ever, Wall Street predicted stocks would fall. Instead, the S&P 500 soared 26%. In 2024, Wall Street aimed too low again, forecasting the...
by Daniel White | Apr 14, 2025 | Economy
April 14, 2025 The real economy isn’t doing well. Investors cheered when the Federal Reserve began lowering the federal funds rate last year. But inflation is still stubbornly high, and the interest rate that matters most – the 10-year Treasury yield –...
by Daniel White | Apr 7, 2025 | Economy
April 7, 2024 Hopefully you enjoyed the U.S. stock market returns of the past 15 years, because that type of performance may be history. According to a March report by the hedge fund group Bridgewater Associates, out of any 15-year period to be invested in equities...
by Daniel White | Mar 24, 2025 | Economy
March 24, 2025 In this century’s first decade, investors had an opportunity to participate in and lose money due to two spectacular bubbles. The first was the technology-driven dot-com bubble of the late 1990s that began bursting in the mid-2000s. The second was the...
by Daniel White | Mar 17, 2025 | Economy
March 17, 2025 Many folks are experiencing a “wealth effect” where they feel rich because the values of their homes and investment portfolios have risen, causing them to spend more. Technically, the “wealth effect” is when spending jumps because assets have increased....
