Financial

Friday was a relatively disappointing day. The tight action of Wednesday and Thursday gave way to broader range day on Friday, but there was no strong swing one side or …

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In last weeks summary we noted the under performance of the financial sector. And seeing as the financial sector accounts for over 16% of the S+P 500 and the second …

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Among various reports that I look for on an annual basis, I appreciate the Rule of Law Index produced by the World Justice Project as much as any. Why do …

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Courtesy of Lee Adler of the Wall Street Examiner Yesterday the media got all bulled up over the Fed’s new data on household wealth showing that it hit a record in …

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A point I have been trying to make since the beginning, which in my case for public writing was 2004, is “but it is what it is” (biiwii).  The name …

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Money Supply and Lending Growth Decline Sharply Both the growth rate of China’s narrow M1 money supply and the broader M2 measure have recently declined to levels not seen in …

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There was so many good things to read this past week that it was hard to narrow it down to a topic group.  After a brief respite early this year, …

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We have discussed the sword of Damocles that is hanging over the heads of the Ukrainian (and European for that matter) people for some time. The dominant role that Russia …

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Here is the lead paragraph from the Employment Situation Summary released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 175,000 in February, and the unemployment rate …

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Not that we needed even more evidence that Wall Street’s primary self-regulator is a challenged organization when it comes to protecting investors but in a lead commentary in today’s Wall Street Journal, …

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