…that deep dive this month, starting by looking at the inflation rates across the major categories. As a reminder, let me first show the weights of the major categories, and…
…last week we got two important pieces of data about unemployment that told different stories. The good news is that the unemployment rate in march was 4.4 percent, which is…
…the pandemic, you can see that the core rate, which excludes food and energy, hovered around two percent – sometimes a little higher and sometimes a little lower. And, you…
…around the time that Jack Welch took over as the CEO. Since the stock was up about 4,000 percent under his tenure, the cost basis was pretty low compared to…
…components is 20.66 percent. Here’s the interesting part: the realized volatility for the index was only 16.53 percent – a reduction of about 20 percent. I’ve got that in dark…
…a variety of factors, not just the two consecutive quarters of GDP. These factors include rising unemployment, declining consumer purchases, businesses going bankrupt, people losing their homes, and post-education employment….
…about higher rates is that it will increase borrowing costs for companies and consumers. I don’t want to get too wonky here, but higher interest rates also affect how many…
…global financial crisis. Before the crisis, the percent of people employed was in the low sixties. The crisis comes along, and the percentage falls to the high fifties. Then, the…
…prestigious analysts and strategists are calling for a measly five percent gain, which would put the S&P 500 at 2,356 at year end, compared to 2,234 from last week. Collectively,…
…by the fact that everyone’s situation is different. Thankfully, we have software that analyzes the Social Security options so everyone can optimize and maximize based on their own personal circumstances.…
