August 6, 2019 The first week in August was a block buster in terms of economic news. First, we had a reading on personal income and spending for the month of June. This report showed that consumers were still spending, but at a lower rate compared to the previous few months. This was the last […]
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July 30, 2019 What is happening with the job market? That is a question we have not had to answer for several years because job growth has been consistently positive. And though the job market continues to be strong in 2019, we can no longer use the word consistent from month-to-month. Since January we have […]
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July 16, 2019 By the middle of July, we are definitely in the midst of the heat of the summer. And many times, when the temperature rises, so does the heat of the markets. But not all markets are equal in this regard. For example, this summer the real estate markets are heating up because […]
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July 9, 2019 The data is out. First, we had the meeting of the Federal Reserve indicating that there are some members open to a rate cut. The markets are now predicting that such a cut may come as early as the end of this month. However, such a prediction would be predicated on evidence […]
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July 2, 2019 The celebration of July 4th tells us that one-half of 2019 is over. That is a sobering thought for those who believe that time is going too fast. It has certainly been a very interesting first half of the year. Thus far we have seen a very volatile, but positive, stock market; […]
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June 25, 2019 This has happened time and time again during the historic economic recovery. Since the Dow hit a low of just under 6,500 in March of 2009, the recovery of the stock market has been dramatic to say the least. At its peak this year, the Dow has crossed the 26,000 barrier several […]
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June 18, 2019 With the fronts on the trade war expanding from China to India and closer to home on our Southern Border with Mexico, the markets have become very nervous as to how increased tariffs will affect the economy, and we have seen stocks become more volatile. Obviously, the Federal Reserve Board is watching […]
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June 11, 2019 Despite trade wars, political battles and all the other noise swirling around, the one area in which the economy has continued to shine has been the creation of jobs. It is hard to even think of a recession when you are creating approximately 200,000 jobs per month. When jobs are created, consumers […]
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June 4, 2019 Stocks have been on a general downward trajectory since the trade war with China heated up. This has happened despite the fact that the economy seems to be on solid footing, especially within the area of jobs growth. The initial reading of economic growth for the first quarter of the year was […]
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May 21, 2019 So, we had declared that everything was in place for a fantastic economic ride. Low interest rates, a moderately expanding economy and rising stock prices. Then the ugly word was uttered — tariffs. It took one word to put a bump in the road of our goldilocks economy. As soon as the […]
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