The road to recovery is slow and bumpy.
Last week, we learned that economic growth slowed in the third quarter as a new wave of COVID-19 surged across the
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It’s MESSI!
No, this commentary is not about Lionel Messi, the Argentine soccer phenom who is widely regarded one of the greatest footballers of all time
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Don’t get spooked!
Barron’s Big Money Poll is an exclusive survey of market sentiment among professional investors. Last week, Nicholas Jasinski reported on
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The word “jouncy” may have started life as a combination of bouncy and jolting – and it’s a pretty good way to describe what happened to stock markets last week
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September strikes again…
If you look back over the last 20 years, September has been the worst-performing month for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, according
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Central banks have a lot of influence on investors, markets, and economies.
For the last year or so, the Federal Reserve has been purchasing $120 billion of
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In recent weeks, bullish sentiment has drifted lower like sediment settling after a storm.
Every month, Bank of America (BofA) surveys global asset managers
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The Delta variant could take a toll on economic growth.
There was some good news last week. The 7-day moving average of COVID-19 cases in the United States
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Stagflation isn’t trending, but it was mentioned in quite a few headlines last week.
Stagflation is a portmanteau of ‘stagnation’ and ‘inflation.’ It occurs
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“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder,” advised the Persian poet Rumi.
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Markets were shaken last week by a potent cocktail of central bank tapering and economic growth concerns mixed with coronavirus and a splash of the new Chinese
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What is the most important driver of economic growth in the United States?
The most common way to measure economic output is Gross Domestic Product or GDP. It
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