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October 17, 2023 – Bear Markets

Economic Commentary Bonds are in a significant bear market. A bear market in bonds is different than the typical bear market we discuss – which is the stock market. While both are characterized by a drop in prices (for stocks it is typically 20%) – a bear market in stocks is typically accompanied by a declining economy and a bear...” Read More

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October 10, 2023 – One More Rate Increase?

Economic Commentary Back to the topic of higher rates for longer, as the members of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee keep delivering a central message to the public at large through their statements. The message is that rates are not high enough to bring inflation down to where they would like. While they also say that they are willing...” Read More

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October 3, 2023 – What is a Soft Landing?

Economic Commentary What is a Soft Landing? The vast majority of analysts forecasted a recession in the second half of 2023. We are now more than half-way through the second half and there are no signs of a recession, except in the housing sector. However, the economy continues to slow down from the solid growth of the first half of...” Read More

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September 26, 2023 – Three Quarters of the Way Home

Economic Commentary Three Quarters of the Way Home. We are almost through three-quarters of the year. And if we had a word to describe this year, it would be persistence. As a matter of fact, persistence could describe the past 15 years. Yes, it has been 15 years since the Great Recession. And the effects of the Great Recession persisted...” Read More

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September 19, 2023 – The Fed Is Costing the Feds Money

Economic Commentary The Fed Is Costing the Feds Money. We had a pretty sharp upturn in rates in August. Since then, interest rates have remained elevated. It was a bit unexpected because most market analysts were predicting rates to ease a bit in the second half of the year. This was not the way to start out the second half...” Read More

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September 12, 2023 – Just When You Thought It Was Safe

Economic Commentary We always say that predicting the future is futile. This year is no exception. The analysts were expecting a recession sometime this year. It did not happen. They also expected interest rates to start easing down as the year went on. Instead, as the second half of the year began, interest rates started rising again. By mid-August mortgage...” Read More

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September 5, 2023 – Is it Fall Already?

Economic Commentary Is it Fall Already? If Memorial Day weekend is the conceptual start of summer even though it is almost a month earlier than the official start of summer, then Labor Day weekend is the similar conceptual start of the fall season. Vacation season is over, and the kids are going back to school. Speaking of vacations, did it...” Read More

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August 29, 2023 – The Great Wealth Transfer is Underway

Economic Commentary The Great Wealth Transfer is Underway. According to TheStreet.com, the Baby Boomer generation owns about half of the nation’s $140 trillion in wealth. These numbers have escalated significantly over the past decade because of gains in the stock market and the appreciation of real estate. According to market research firm Cerulli and Associates, recipients of the great wealth...” Read More

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August 22, 2023 – The Great Disappearing Recession

Economic Commentary The Great Disappearing Recession. For about a year now we have been talking about the predominant forecast of market analysts which projected a recession as early as the second quarter of this year. And for a year we have been stating emphatically that it is tough to have a recession when the job market is hot. Well, the...” Read More

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August 15, 2023 – The Real Estate Picture

Economic Commentary The Real Estate Picture. What a strange real estate market. To our knowledge, never in our history have we had a situation in which the real estate market has slowed down only because there are not enough homes for sale. Typically, a slowdown in the real estate market is caused by a lack of demand; however, today we...” Read More

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