Economic News

PowerTrend Brief: The Real Deal on the July Employment Report

On its face, last Friday's better-than-expected July Employment Report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) catapulted...

PowerTrend Brief: Contracting Consumers Confirm Economic Concerns

Through the end of last week, roughly 288 of the companies that comprise the S&P 500 index reported...

The Disaster of Olympian Economics

Well, the Olympics of 2012 are starting on Friday -- some of it practically right on my doorstep...

PowerTrend Brief: Slow Job Creation, Outlook Cuts and More Bad News Ahead

Friday's job report, which simply was bad in many different ways in my view, capped a quiet week...

PowerTrend Brief: Surviving the Stock Market Storm

With only a week left in the current quarter, the S&P 500 is now up 6.2%, year-to-date, and...

Making Money Alert: The Fed’s Still ‘Twist’-ing in the Wind

It can be argued that the rally in the equity markets during the past couple of weeks was...

Chris Versace: Data Shows Market Slowing

Listen to Chris Versace share his views about the market outlook with WTNT radio as data shows the...

Don’t Listen to the “Chicken Littles” of the Media

We investment analysts are the "Chicken Littles" of media. A single bad day in the market, and we...

PowerTrend Brief: Searching for Dividends and Yield Amid Global Uncertainty

With global economic data of late either confirming slower growth ahead or suggesting the growth ahead is even...

My Run-in with Paul “Crude” Krugman

My wife and I just returned from a 10-day lecture tour in Poland and England, where I spoke...