Stock Market
Low Earnings, High Volatility
Second quarter earnings season is expected to be pretty grim, with earnings down at least 40%. That’s probably going to rattle the stock market and create more volatility in… Read more
COVID-19 Is Killing Dividends
Analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices released numbers today that underscore the impact COVID-19 is having on income investors. According to data the S&P Dow Jones analysts compiled, dividends… Read more
Pipelines Run Out of Gas
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) and Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), two of the nation’s largest utilities, have run out of gas on a pipeline project. Back in 2014, the pair… Read more
Federal Reserve: No Quick Rebound
The Federal Reserve is worried. The central bankers released the minutes from the last Fed meeting on Wednesday and they weren’t pretty. In the notes from the Fed meeting,… Read more
In a World That’s Deeper in Debt, Here’s Why Cash Is King
Officials in Washington and around the world have pulled out all the stops in terms of both easy monetary and fiscal policies in a determined effort to bridge the… Read more
What to Make of the Mixed Economic Data
In a recent article I pointed out that market volatility is most likely here to stay. That can make investors uncomfortable with sharp day to day swings in either… Read more
Why the Wealthy Are NOT Spending
The retail sales report earlier this week was definitely good news. Leave to researchers at Harvard to put a damper on it. Economists at Harvard have been tracking U.S…. Read more
Dow Drops 10% in 5 Days, Up 7% in 2: What It Means for Your Money
Last week the Dow dropped 10% in just five days. Now, it is up 7% in just two days. What gives? In a word: Volatility. But savvy investors are… Read more
Why the Dow Is Soaring 700 Points Today
Stocks are off to a solid start after May’s retail sales report blew all expectations out of the water. Economists believed we’d see a bump in retail sales as… Read more