by NovemAdmin | Jul 30, 2025 | commentary
THE MARKETS How fast will an AI-powered economy grow? Global economic growth has not always been robust. Until the 1700s, economic growth averaged about 0.1 percent per year and was closely tied to population growth. “Bigger harvests allowed more mouths to be fed;...
by NovemAdmin | Jul 22, 2025 | commentary
THE MARKETS This is not the inflation you’re looking for… In general, everyone who buys goods or services in the United States would prefer to see prices trend lower – and that’s what happened in the earlier part of this year. Over the last couple of months, though,...
by NovemAdmin | Jul 16, 2025 | commentary
THE MARKETS Are financial markets too complacent? In Aesop’s fable, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, a young shepherd repeatedly raises a false alarm. Eventually, the people in his village ignore his warnings. When a wolf appears, the villagers pay no attention to the boy’s...
by NovemAdmin | Jul 9, 2025 | commentary
THE MARKETS Like riders on a giga coaster, investors experienced fear and exhilaration during the second quarter of 2025. From April through June, investors rode markets up and down, banking through twists of news and events that had market moving potential. They...
by NovemAdmin | Jul 2, 2025 | commentary
THE MARKETS Major U.S. stock indexes raced to new highs last week. In a remarkable recovery from April’s double-digit downturn, the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index raced to a new record high last week, and so did the Nasdaq Composite Index (Nasdaq). Key...
by NovemAdmin | Jun 26, 2025 | commentary
THE MARKETS Investors are taking it all in stride. As Israel and Iran exchanged missile strikes last week, stock markets in the United States remained relatively steady, reported Michael Msika and Phil Serafino of Bloomberg. “On June 13th, as the bombs began to fly,...
