Sometimes I have a lot of topics to discuss on this page, other times I cannot think of much to say at all. Today is the latter. I'm not sure how many different ways I can say the same thing:
The stock market is supposed to be "efficient", at least according to academics (and those firms who have bought into this theory). Supposedly, the market (mostly) reflects all known information. In my experience this is not even close to reality. There have been dozens of times where we see a
Last week I walked through our economic model in great detail. With the markets closed on Monday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day today's musings will be quite brief.
Let's start with the DATA we presented last week (click here to review) which clearly shows the economy is at best
Throughout May the fear for many market participants was the US economy was heading into a recession. Last week, stocks and bonds staged an impressive rally with the riskiest of assets rallying the most. The justification from market commentators was interesting.
It's been bad enough trying to remember what day it is the past 11 weeks. Throw in a Monday holiday and we'll be confused all week. Today feels like Monday, with a slightly refreshed feeling thanks to an extra day away from the computer screens. More importantly, despite the "hardships"
