First things first. Last week, the headlines blared the S&P 500 (SPX) is in a bull market after a 20% gain from the October 2022 bottom. That’s nice, but the real winner has been the tech sector, as measured by the ...
I remain steadfastly bullish, but I do recognize reasons to be short-term cautious when I see them. I suppose the first question is, “what does it mean to be cautious.” Well, I can only tell you what it means to ...
Individualism, while condemned in some cultures, has helped make this country economically successful. Will the influx of immigrants from cultures that devalue individualism reverse that success? Original Article: “Individualism in the US Has Helped Make It an Economic Success” ...
KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged on Saturday that his military was engaged in “counteroffensive and defensive operations” a day after Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said Kyiv’s long-vaunted drive to retake territory was well under way. But the Ukrainian leader ...
Ted Kaczynski, former math professor and “twisted genius” who came to be known as the Unabomber when he carried out a 17-year spree of mysterious bombings that killed three people and baffled the FBI, died on Saturday at the age ...
BAHANAGA/NEW DELHI — An official probe into India’s rail crash is focusing on suspected manual bypassing of an automated signaling system that guides train movement — an action that investigators believe sent a packed express train into a stationary freight ...
WASHINGTON — US prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Donald Trump on Friday, accusing the former president of risking some of the country’s most sensitive security secrets after leaving the White House in 2021. Mr. Trump mishandled classified documents that ...
A long-term chart shows why the Nasdaq 100 is the place to be, or at least, “was” the place to be. Past performance does not guarantee future performance. The performance chart below shows the 16+ year percentage gain for QQQ ...
The usual suspects such as Robert Reich claim that corporate profits are causing inflation. Actually, increases in corporate profits are tied to increases in inflation. Original Article: “Higher Corporate Profit Margins Aren’t Causing Inflation” ...
Most politicians have used the “Ukraine invasion card” to justify the massive inflationary burst in 2021-2023. It does not matter if inflation was already elevated prior to the war. Supply chain disruptions, demand recovery, wage growth… Many excuses were used ...