Marketmail® Archive
7-16-24: This is a Big Year – For a Lot of Reasons
by Jason Bodner July 16, 2024 This is a big year – for bugs: It’s a major cicada emergence year, as a group of periodical cicadas emerge from the ground at the [...]
7-16-24: An Assassination Attempt + The Curse of the Mega-Caps
by Ivan Martchev July 16, 2024 I am writing this on Sunday before stock index futures open at 6 pm. Because the attack on President Trump’s life was unsuccessful, it should not [...]
7-16-24: “The Week That Was” vs. “Rhyming History”
by Gary Alexander July 16, 2024 “History does not repeat itself, but it does often rhyme.” – Mark Twain With everyone’s eyes glued to cable TV news, as usual, I want to [...]
7-16-24: Bond Yields Appear to Be Normalizing in the 4% Range
by Bryan Perry July 16, 2024 With last week’s encouraging Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading of -0.1% for June, the bond market caught a fresh bid that took Treasury yields lower across [...]
7-16-24: The Fed Dithers While Inflation Withers
by Louis Navellier July 16, 2024 Last Tuesday, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said in his Senate appearance that he was encouraged by evidence of cooler inflation and that more “good data” would [...]
7-9-24: July Has Delivered Nine Straight Gains – Will This July Be #10?
by Jason Bodner July 9, 2024 It is the July 4th weekend, a time to relax and reflect on our country’s independence, and our freedom. A lot has changed since 1776. Our [...]
7-9-24: Macron’s Gamble Pays Off
by Ivan Martchev July 9, 2024 As I write, on Sunday, it is still unclear what the final tally will be from the second round of voting in the French parliamentary election. [...]
7-9-24: Clear-Eyed Optimists Convene at Freedom Fest This Week
by Gary Alexander July 9, 2024 I have heard people rant and rave and bellow That we’re done, and we might as well be dead, But I’m just a [...]
7-9-24: Energy-Based Income Provides for High Yield Inflation Hedges
by Bryan Perry July 9, 2024 Following the latest employment data, released last Friday, the S&P 500 and NASDAQ traded to new all-time highs, but the same jobs report also stoked concerns [...]
7-9-24: Why the Monthly Jobs Report is Often Misleading (or At Least Premature)
by Louis Navellier July 9, 2024 Last Wednesday, ADP announced that 150,000 new private payroll jobs were created in June, but those jobs were not very broad-based. Nela Richardson, chief economist at [...]
7-2-24: As July Dawns, The Market’s “Silly Season” Begins
by Jason Bodner July 2, 2024 As a hockey fan, I’m overjoyed that my secondary favorite (after the Rangers) won the Stanley Cup. But that also means the season is over. Let [...]
7-2-24: The Stock Market is Acting a Little Tired
by Ivan Martchev July 2, 2024 I was not happy to see so much selling into strength last Friday, the last day of the quarter – following what should have been encouraging [...]