Marketmail® Archive
4-9-24: Why Raising Tax Rates Does NOT Raise More Tax Dollars
by Gary Alexander April 9, 2024 The annual IRS tax deadline is on us, matching the historic date of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and the death of Lincoln, so [...]
4-9-24: Fresh Market Volatility Comes from Unexpected Sources
by Bryan Perry April 9, 2024 An interesting development occurred late last week when the employment data was released, showing the economy added 303,000 non-farm jobs to payrolls, a full 50% more [...]
4-9-24: With Rising Inflation and Bond Rates, is a June Fed Rate Cut Still Likely?
by Louis Navellier April 9, 2024 Tomorrow morning, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) will be released for March, and the Producer Price Index will follow on Thursday morning. Miracles can happen, but [...]
4-2-24: Raiders of the Lost Art of Investing
by Jason Bodner April 2, 2024 It’s the stuff of Indiana Jones…The Lost Ark of the Covenant. The large, gold-covered wooden chest supposedly holding Moses’ Ten Commandments resided at the Temple of [...]
4-2-24: Stocks Are Partying Like It is 1995
by Ivan Martchev April 2, 2024 The way the first quarter went, with brief and very shallow pullbacks, one would think that stocks are partying like it is 1995. While it is [...]
4-2-24: Is the Economy Really Growing at a Robust 3.4%?
by Gary Alexander April 2, 2024 In the last business day of the quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) told us that the U.S. economy grew by a robust 3.4% (annual [...]
4-2-24: A Changing of the Market’s Guard
by Bryan Perry April 2, 2024 The bullish narrative remains intact following Friday’s release of the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index, showing a gradual slowing in the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, coupled [...]
4-2-24: Food and Energy – The Overlooked Inflation Drivers
by Louis Navellier April 2, 2024 It’s odd that the Fed’s favorite inflation indicator is the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) “core” index when that “core” portion excludes the costs of food and [...]
3-26-24: Is This Bull Market Boring You to Death?
by Jason Bodner March 26, 2024 Being bored is fine for small intervals. But there is evidence that being “bored to death” is a real danger. A University College London study reviewed [...]
3-26-24: If the Fed Plans to Cut Rates, Then Why is the Dollar Firm?
by Ivan Martchev March 26, 2024 Something does not compute with the dollar. It is showing bottoming-action, delivering another “golden cross” – a situation where the 50-day moving average crosses the 200-day [...]
3-26-24: Economics Isn’t Rocket Science (It’s Harder than That)
by Gary Alexander March 26, 2024 Dad was a rocket scientist. That was painfully obvious when he moved our family from peaceful Seattle to politically charged Huntsville, Alabama, in the summer of [...]
3-26-24: It’s Time to Lock in High Yields
by Bryan Perry March 26, 2024 Aside from last week’s NVIDIA GTC conference – a huge success for the company’s stock and for the tech sector in general – the release of [...]