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Cash has been yielding zilch for most of the previous decade. Not now! The red line depicts short-term interest rates, while the black line projects the inflation rate. The purple dashed line signifies where savers are earning more interest than inflation, or what we know as real rates (sources: U.S. Treasury, St. Louis Fed). After

𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 → 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 Why are stocks in rally mode? In less than a week, 10-year bond yields have fallen by .4 percentage points, the dollar has decreased by 5 percent, and 30-year fixed mortgages have dropped by .5 percent sending home prices down .3%, according to CoreLogic. Oh, and this week we learned that

Ponder this question; who’s buying all those shares that others are anxiously selling? The 100-day average volume for the shares traded in the S&P 500 has been 3.8 billion per day. In the past ten days, the volume-averaged 4.6 billion. Ponder this question; who’s buying all those shares that others are anxiously selling? Is it Warren Buffett, retail

Consumer price inflation is running at a scorching hot 8.5%. The global stock market index is down 14.7%, and bonds are minus 10.1% year-to-date. Is Reflection in Order? The 1968-1982 era was a tumultuous time in stock market history, and the DJIA was more like a see-saw where declines summarily followed advances. During this span,

You may not hear it coming, but inflation is like a thief in the night. It sneaks up on you, gradually stealing your purchasing power away. Since the post-Covid recession, Americans have seen the value of their cash holdings adjusted for the effects of inflation decline from one dollar to .84 cents Inflation is the increase