The Markets Is the economy doing well, or not? If you skimmed the headlines last week, you may have seen that retail sales – the purchases […]

The Markets 2021 was a fizzing mints-in-soda kind of year. Everything seemed to shoot higher – from COVID-19 cases and vaccinations to economic growth and global […]

The Markets Investors were feeling bullish. Last week, the Standard & Poor’s 500 (S&P 500) Index closed at a record high for the 68th time this […]

The Markets Stock and bond markets diverged. Last week, the Bank of England surprised markets with a rate hike, its first in three years, and the […]

The Markets Investors look to the future. Last week, employment and manufacturing data confirmed that the United States economy continued to strengthen in November, but positive […]

The Markets COVID-19 strikes again. Coronavirus cases have been on the rise in Europe, climbing from about 700,000 new cases a week in September to 2.6 […]

The Markets Thinking about the possibilities. The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index finished last week slightly higher and has gained about 6 percent during the […]

The Markets Economists like to joke that inflation is just right when no one notices it.  Last week, investors noticed it. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), […]

The Markets Feeling bullish… Investor bullishness ticked higher last week on all four investor sentiment gauges tracked by Barron’s. Investor optimism may have been fanned by […]