Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 8.17.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending August 17th, 2018 Positives: 1. Jobless claims fell to 212k w/o/w, beating the expected 215k. 2....
Bloomberg: Old Age Isn’t What Ends a Bull Stock Market
Old Age Isn’t What Ends a Bull Stock Market The length of the run really doesn’t matter very much. Bloomberg, August 17, 2018 ...
U.S. Bear & Bull Markets Since 1926
click for ginormous graphic Source: First Trust I really like this graphic, via First Trust, showing the history of bull and bear...
Bloomberg: Index Funds Will Be OK Confronting Cruel Markets
Index Funds Will Be Fine Confronting Cruel Markets The claim that passive investors will suffer more in an equity slump doesn’t hold...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 8.10.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending August 10th, 2018 Positives: 1. Job openings are up 8.8% y/o/y, coming in at 6.662M in June. 2....
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 8.3.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending August 3rd, 2018 Positives: 1. Unemployment rate fell 0.1% in July from 4% to 3.9%. 2. ADP...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 7.27.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending July 27th, 2018 Positives: 1. GDP rose to 4.1% annualized rate for the second quarter, up from...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 7.20.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending July 20th, 2018 Positives: 1. Jay Powell’s Congressional testimony was uneventful (thank...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 7.13.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending July 13th, 2018 Positives: 1. Same store sales rose 5.2% w/o/w, up .8% from previous 3.1% rise....