Federal Reserve
Lots of Blame to Go Around for Banking Turmoil
Yields on Treasuries have nosedived in a full-scale rebuke of Fed Chair Jerome Powell claiming that rate cuts...
Bracing for a ‘No Landing’
Here’s something you’re not likely to hear from a commercial airline pilot the next time you fly: “Ladies...
Traders are Betting the Fed Will Raise the Overnight Rate to 6.0%
By the time this column is emailed out to all my readers, the pivotal Consumer Price Index (CPI)...
Two Professors of Finance Called the Top and Bottom on Wall Street
“The public is right during the trends, but wrong at both ends.” -- Humphrey Neill (“Maxims of Wall Street,” p....
Maybe No Soft or Hard Landing for Economy as Job Market Strengthens
Bond and equity markets are in a much better place than how they ended 2022, with further evidence...
What’s the Big Idea?
“In the last 30 years, the reliability of empirical work and estimations has risen dramatically. Which is good....
The Fed Disaster Plan — How Bad Can it Get?
************************************* Hi, Grant Linhares here, the Trading Services Director for Mark Skousen. I just have a quick reminder...
Market Holds up Against More Hawkish ‘Fedspeak’
Something special happened for the bulls this past week. For the greater part of 2022, any headlines that...
My Encounter with Elon Musk, the World’s Richest Man
“Shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties.” -- Elon Musk Last Friday, my wife and I...
Five Big Oil Stocks to Buy As OPEC+ Nations Cut Supply
Five big oil stocks to buy as OPEC+ nations cut supply have slipped to the lowest levels since...