by Daniel White | Feb 19, 2018 | Economy
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...
by Daniel White | Feb 12, 2018 | Economy
February 12, 2018 |Daniel A. White Last week I mentioned the market starting off hot in 2018. Of course, people love those types of stories. But if you think about it, we’ve been in a bull market since 2009. That’s nine long years of market wins – and the biggest...
by Daniel White | Feb 5, 2018 | Economy
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...
by Daniel White | Jan 22, 2018 | Economy
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...
by Daniel White | Dec 26, 2017 | Economy
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...
by Daniel White | Dec 18, 2017 | Economy
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...