Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 5.3.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending May 3rd, 2019 Positives: 1. Unemployment rate fell from 3.8% to 3.6% in April. 2. Non-farm...
Most Conservative Counties Are the Ones That Get the Most...
What is this about? Is it guilty conscience, or something else? Source: New York Times
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 4.26.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending April 26th, 2019 Positives: 1. S&P 500 & Nasdaq set new all time highs, as all of the Q4...
How Much of Global GDP Faces Trade Risks?
This continues to act as a drag on global economy: A wave of disruptions is rocking the world trading system. Britain’s divorce from...
Economy vs. Markets
This is an excellent explainer as to why economic data and the markets have such a low correlation: The stock market vs the...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 4.5.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending April 5th, 2019 Positives: 1. Markets seem to have regained their footing — at least for...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 3.29.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending March 29th, 2019 Positives: 1. Mueller Report did not cause a rift in the space-time continuum;...
Yield Curve Inversions
Good primer from the WSJ: Amid a shaky marketplace, investors are eyeing the yield curve for signs of economic stability. History shows...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 3.22.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending March 22nd, 2019: Positives: 1. Mueller report drops; perhaps the country can begin to move on?...
RIP: Alan Krueger
I was deeply saddened to learn about the untimely passing of Professor Alan Krueger, via an announcement from Princeton. If you are...