Marketmail® Archive
3-4-25: March – A New Month That is Almost Like a New Year!
by Jason Bodner March 4, 2025 It’s March! Happy New Year – if you were born before 45 B.C. March was the first month of the year before the Roman calendar was [...]
3-4-25: The Bond Market Is Beginning to Worry (a Little) About the Economy
by Ivan Martchev March 4, 2025 The S&P 500 registered a second down week in a row after hitting an all-time high as recently as February 19th. Even with the all-time high [...]
3-4-25: March in Market History – and Some Great March 4th Inauguration Messages
by Gary Alexander March 4, 2025 March 4th marks Mardi-Gras day in New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro and a few other serious party towns. March 4th was also our national Inauguration Day [...]
3-4-25: The Fed May Cut Rates Sooner Than Expected–to Deal with a Tighter Job Market
by Bryan Perry March 4, 2025 The noise level about the domestic economy downshifting from the strong finish in 2024 to that of a softer first quarter of 2025 is on the [...]
3-4-25: The Blow-up in Washington – and its Likely Repercussions
by Louis Navellier March 4, 2025 On Friday evening, I was dining at Mar-a-Lago, near our Florida home, and we were pleasantly surprised at how normal President Trump seemed after he essentially [...]
2-25-25: A Mid-Quarter S&P Sector Review
by Jason Bodner February 25, 2025 Most of the country is currently in a deep freeze – except south Florida, where I live. Sorry about that! But February in the southern-hemisphere is [...]
2-25-25: The Friday Curse of the S&P 500
by Ivan Martchev February 25, 2025 Every Friday of the new Trump administration has been a down-day, if you look at the most important index, the S&P 500. The first three Fridays [...]
2-25-25: All Hail February 25th – a Red-Letter Day in U.S. Financial History
by Gary Alexander February 25, 2025 February 25th, 2025 has a certain symmetry in the way the numbers fall on the page. My-oh my, how true that is! How is it possible that [...]
2-25-25: Taking Stock of Trump’s Tough Tariff Talk
by Bryan Perry February 25, 2025 The debate over the use and effects of applying tariffs on imported goods to the U.S. is getting hot and heavy. The long-term impact of tariffs [...]
2-25-25: As U.S. Relations Thaw with Putin, a Chill Falls Over Europe
by Louis Navellier February 25, 2025 After President Trump held a 90-minute phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin – the first time any U.S. official has talked with Putin since his [...]
2-19-25: The Market is Embracing Change … So Far
by Jason Bodner February 19, 2025 Trump 2.0 is just 30-days old today, yet it feels like a lifetime – for many. Daily headlines can seem both unsettling and challenging, on many [...]
2-19-25: Trump’s Strategy of “Reconnaissance Through Battle”
by Ivan Martchev February 19, 2025 There has been downside volatility in the U.S. (much of it associated with tariffs) and upside volatility in Europe, particularly the German stock market (much of [...]