Wages, Prices to Rise in 2018?

February 19, 2018 |Daniel A. White Could we see inflation in 2018? The most common measure of inflation is the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index (CPI). Another common metric is the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis’ personal...

2018 Starts Off Hot

February 5, 2018 |Daniel A. White It’s been a crazy stock market run to start 2018, hasn’t it? Consider this – the S&P 500 set new record highs on nearly half of the trading days in January. There’s a technical indicator called a Bollinger Band, which is a metric...

Monetary Policy Roster Overhaul in Store

January 22, 2018 |Daniel A. White After Janet Yellen’s departure, there will only be three of seven appointed members on the Fed’s Board of Governors. These positions are appointed by presidents, and are structured such that they will be minimally affected by the...

Bear Markets Appear When You Feed Them

December 26, 2017 |Daniel A. White Is there a bear market waiting to pounce? For the first time since 2010, defaults on consumer loans are rising. Accompanying that, transportation stocks have been in a general decline.  These two indicators combined suggest...

Growth Up, Unemployment Down – Is it Sustainable?

December 18, 2017 |Daniel A. White Despite two hurricanes that destroyed large swaths of American cities, we’ve had two consecutive quarters of 3 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth. Given our recent past, that’s no small feat! While hurricanes are a...