Deuteronomy 11:26 – “Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse.” This biblical passage has been used countless times to describe the global economic structure in place since 1944. As...
Achieving financial independence and early retirement is a goal for many, but it requires strategic planning, disciplined saving, and careful investing. The idea of retiring early—whether in your...
Rick Rieder, Blackrock’s CIO, held his monthly call with investors on Monday, April 7th at 7 am central time. Usually this call is held the first Thursday of the month, but with the market action...
Q1 earnings season kicked off this morning with 5 of the biggest financials reporting, Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK), Blackrock (NYSE:BLK), JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Morgan Stanley...
All the inflation data is out (CPI yesterday, PPI today), and it is ice cold. The actual data (left column) is way, way below the anticipated (right). In normal times – – and these are NOT – – the...
There was a near-record number of job layoff announcements during the month of March, according to the labor research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. There was a total of 275,240 layoff...
ECB is expected to trim rates, but the BoC might pause this time UK CPI data also in the spotlight Retail sales the main release in the United States China GDP eyed as Beijing not spared by...
US stocks ended Thursday's session in negative territory. However, the S&P 500 surged 8.5% off its lows on Wednesday as the administration announced a 90-day tariff pause for all countries except...
Dollar tumbles, safe haven franc at more-than-a-decade high Recession fears return amid US-China trade conflict US CPI slows down, allows dovish rate cut pricing Wall Street retreats, Treasuries...
Eight days after “Liberation Day”, President Donald Trump announced a reduction of reciprocal tariff rates to a 10% baseline on the 60 countries with higher tariff rates. This pause of the higher...