Looking back at what drove asset prices is a crucial part of the forecasting process for 2023. In...
Window Dressing Trades In Reverse Pulls Stocks Higher
While we are still in 2022, stocks traded on Thursday will settle in 2023. This has importance for...
Mastercard Spending Suggests a Meh Christmas
Mastercard’s SpendingPulse report provides valuable information on credit card spending...
Southwest Airlines Struggles after Holiday Cancellations
Extremely harsh weather conditions from winter storm Elliot resulted in thousands of flight...
The Covid Virus Hits China, Adding Inflationary Pressures
China’s National Health Commission announced that approximately 250 million citizens, or 18% of...
The Put Call Ratio Soars- What Does it Mean?
The put-call ratio is a simple calculation comparing the number of outstanding puts versus calls....
FedEx and Nike Jump On Earnings
Quarterly earnings reports from FedEx and Nike were well received on Wall Street. While investors...
The Bank of Japan Shocks The World
While the world’s central banker’s aggressively hiked interest rates and curtailed QE...
2023 Road Map
The road map for 2023 may continue to depend heavily on the Fed’s monetary policy stance. In...
Bad News is Bad News Again
The markets went through an extended period earlier this year where bad news was good news. The...