Why, of Course!

Click headline, get article telling us about the new trade cheer. U.S. stock futures climbed early on Wednesday as investors took cheer from a report that Beijing and Washington are…

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“Wall Street Fears”

Perfect words, those title words. You know the drill; click headline, get article. Yesterday we noted that the US headline indexes were simply using the media's play-by-play as an excuse…

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Powell Tips His Hand

We noted yesterday that it is Fed Hype Week. A couple tough days for the market and the headlines are reinforcing the negativity. A single (and positive) payrolls report has…

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Making America Mediocre Again?

I wrote this one page article for the Opening Notes segment of this week's Notes From the Rabbit Hole. At the end of the post is a really interesting interview…

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Credit to Trump in This Case

Insert here the disclaimer that I don't care for the man, I don't like most of what he stands for, or his funny haircut. But also insert here that protecting…

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A Tweet, a Jawbone, a Policy Notice or… ?

There is way too much going on out there for a blogger to try to summarize without sounding like a goddamn sports announcing play-by-play caller. Oil this, Huawei that, Trump…

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“Trade Talk Hopes”

The theme has been that the trade war food fight (TWFF) in the macro cafeteria had periodically interrupted the S&P 500's drive to test its top, which it finally did…

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