The Market Looks Past 3.28 Million Newly Unemployed and Soars: Is That Crazy?

Initial jobless claims for the week ending March 21, 2020 were a record 3.28 million.

That's 11.6 times the week before when 281,000...

Demand Destruction Across the U.S. and Global Economies Portends Recession, or Worse

Don't believe anyone who tries to tell you that "demand destruction" resulting from the impact of the novel coronavirus across U.S. and world...

Ignore the Fake "Manufacturing Recession" Narrative - and Buy These Two Stocks to Profit

Some major media outlets are trying to plant in your head that a "manufacturing recession" in the United States will sink the...

Here's the "Smoking Gun" in America's $70 Trillion Collapse

I entered the corridors of Wall Street as a twentysomething greenhorn in the late 1990s.

I had a mentor at a big hedge fund on Lexington...

Take the Long-Term View in a Late-Cycle Market

Here's the latest from our Special Contributor, Frank Holmes, on the late-cycle market and how taking a long-term view is the best way to play...

Your Gut Feeling Is Right: You Are Worse Off Now Than During the Recession

Ok - so you know by now I'm not much for paying attention to economic data, at least when it comes to its impact on stocks. Sure, they correlate...

Forget the Economy... and You Can Survive What's About to Clobber the Markets

I always see investors poring over economic data, fretting over it, like trying to read tea leaves.

Sometimes, they even shell out big...

To Gauge Economic Health, Ignore Washington’s Numbers and Look at These Instead

With Washington in turmoil and economic data weak, the stock market keeps going up. The reason? Look at the numbers that really matter, which come...

What to Expect from This Newfound Economic Strength

With this robust economic growth, and a growth rate of 2.9% in Q3 2016, the U.S. economy is on its way to receiving even more stimulus thanks to...

The First Thing Trump Should Do for the Economy

The infrastructure sector is now a major investing opportunity area, because it is the central pillar of Donald Trump's economic...

Why Bearish Traders Should Look Good Next Year

By now, you know I'm absolutely crazy about data. I've got tons of it - years of price records on the best stocks on the S&P 500... years of...

Tech Stocks Poised to Rise on This Economic News

As we've talked about in several recent conversations, I live by the credo "always have some money invested in tech stocks" - no matter how much...

This Chart Will Save You from a Dangerously Popular Delusion

There's a very dangerous meme making the rounds.

It goes something like this:

The economy is improving, therefore...

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