by Daniel White | May 19, 2025 | Economy
May 19, 2025 Serious damage has been done to markets. The S&P 500 fell 21% by mid-April from its all-time high. Similarly, the Invesco QQQ Trust exchange-traded fund, which tracks big technology companies, has plunged 26%. Both major indices are now well below...
by Daniel White | May 12, 2025 | Economy
May 12, 2025 The economy in the 2020s has not been boring. We’ve had a pandemic and inflation already. Now we have a trade war, recession fears, maybe more inflation, and capital flying out of U.S. dollar assets. In the past, the Federal Reserve would often step in to...
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 | Feb 24, 2025 | Economy
February 24, 2025 As the market remains frothy from a historical perspective, I encourage you to read some interesting points from Merrill Lynch’s former Chief Market Analyst, Bob Farrell. His famous “Market Rules to Remember” first appeared after the dot-com bubble...
by Daniel White | Feb 17, 2025 | Economy
February 17, 2025 You’ve probably heard of the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. While it offers long-term promise, it’s suffering some short-term peril. When it comes to spending, it almost doesn’t matter who gets elected president. That’s...
