by Daniel White | Jan 14, 2019 | Economy
January 14, 2019 |Daniel A. White U.S. economic growth has been up, the bull run in the stock market has been long and profitable, and unemployment has been down. There’s no denying that is a wonderful combination. However, there are a few signs the bears are waking...
by Daniel White | Jan 7, 2019 | Economy
January 7, 2019 |Daniel A. White There’s a clear matador in the latter part of the recent bull market – corporate stock buybacks. Firms buying up their own stocks, sometimes funded by large loans, is a big reason the bull market has lasted so long and could last...
by Daniel White | Dec 31, 2018 | Economy
December 31, 2018 |Daniel A. White Last October we saw serious stock market volatility. And for better or worse, the trend has continued through the end of the year. In fact, more than half of the world’s major stock markets are down (or were down and are now barely...
by Daniel White | Dec 17, 2018 | Economy
December 17, 2018 |Daniel A. White In his 1987 letter to shareholders, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffet quoted Benjamin Disraeli, who lamented, “What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history.” While that will always be true to some...
by Daniel White | Dec 10, 2018 | Economy
December 10, 2018 |Daniel A. White While it’s not hard to find people saying an economic dip is around the corner – even I write about it sometimes – the recent past has been tremendous and may set us up well for the future. Forecasters don’t...
