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• Monday Market Mayhem – Earnings Season Begins

  

  And suddenly, it's earnings season! I hope everyone had a nice, restful weekend because it's all about to hit the fan as war and inflation are likely to have... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• PhilStockWorld April Portfolio Review

  $3,008,907! That is up $194,874 since our last review and it's the first time we've ever gotten our Paired Portfolios (LTP and STP) over the $3M mark – we... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Weak Bounce Wednesday – Markets Limp into Earnings, Covid Resurges into Holiday...

  

  Welcome back Covid! As you can see, we are having some big infection rates on the rise again and the rate of hospitalization is very high because MOST cases of... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• 10-Year Tuesday – Key Bond Rates Up 100% in 3 Months

  

  This is clearly out of control. Officially, the Fed has rasied interest rates 0.25% since the start of the year but the interest on a 10-year note has gone up... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Monday Market Movement – The Weak Ahead

  

  At least the war is off the front page. That's right, just 6 weeks into it and already the Wall Street Jornal has decided the war only merits one article in... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• TGIF – Market Ends Another Disappointing Week

  

  We're on the road to nowhere – still. That's OK, it's better than the alternative, which is failing the 50-day moving average at 4,423 on the S P 500 and... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Faltering Thursday – Fed’s Hawkish Minutes Do Not Help the Market

  

  2%. That's the target rate for the end of the year so 1.5% to go is a lot of rate hiking and many members of the FOMC would like to go with a 0. Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Weakening Wednesday – Indexes Dip as Mortgage Rates Top 5%

  

  5% Mortgages are back. 30-year notes have dipped from 190 in 2020 to 145 this morning and that's down 23.6% in two years – horrific losses for the long-term bon... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Tale of Two Tuesdays – Zelensky, the Times and the Journal

  Front Page Headline of the NY Times: Zelensky to Address U.N. as Toll of Atrocities Mounts Front Page Headline of the Wall Street Journal: Zelensky to Address... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Just Another Manic Monday – Quiet Week Expected

  

  I told our Members this would be a good week to take a vacation. We have 7 Fed Speakers around the release of the Fed Minutes on Wednesday afternoon but now... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Foolish Friday – Is America Working?

  

  Non-Farm Payrolls are out at 8:30. Expections are that 500,000 new jobs were added in March and remember, that's extra-impressive since our population hasn't... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• End of March (and Quarter) Madness

  

  And already Q1 comes to a close. We've had War, we've had Rising Interest Rates, we've had Inflation, we've had new strains of Covid. Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Which Way Wednesday – GDP Edition

  

  GDP at 8:30. The expert panel of leading Economorons believes that the 3rd Revision to Q4 will show we had 7% growth – the same as it was last time but I think ... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Two and Ten Tuesday – Yield Curves Invert – Recession Ahead?

  

  “There have been more yield curve inversions than Recessions but every time there is a Recession you can look back and find a yield curve inversion. Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Monday Market Momentum – Still Up into Quarter’s Close

  

  171 points. That is the summary of March so far – we're up 171 (3.9%) S P points from 4,373 where we closed on Feb 28th, despite the war – and everything else... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Fabulous Friday Finish – War! What is It Good For? A 10% Rally, Apparently…

  

  What a couple of weeks! We had our S P 500 Death Cross at the Ides (March 15th), as expected but, since then, we have rocketed back over the 200-day moving... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Thursday Thoughts – Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

  

  "Still don't know what I was waitin' for And my time was runnin' wild A million dead end streets and Every time I thought I'd got it made It seemed the taste wa... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Which Way Wednesday – Trouble at 4,500 for the S&P 500

  

  And just like that we're failing at the Bounce Lines. 4,512 is the weak bounce line on our bullish Bounce Chart (see yesterday's PSW Report for more details) an... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Two Point 5 Percent Tuesday – Markets Tell Powell to Bring on Those Higher Rates

  

  "Nothing really matters, Anyone can see, Nothing really matters, Nothing really matters to me Any way the wind blows…" – Queen Powell emphasized we have maybe... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Month of War Monday – Will It Matter

  

  "We'll be fighting in the streets With our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgement of... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2022 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS