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MARKETS

Powell will not relent, Fed Hikes 75 Basis Points

MARKETS The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark overnight interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday in an ...
INDUSTRY REPORT SERIES

Investor Pessimism Continues to Fall

INDUSTRY REPORT SERIES AAII Sentiment Survey July 21, 2022 Pessimism among individual investors about the short-term direction of the stock ...
FACTS

Negative Market Headlines Always Perform Better

FACTS Research shows that headlines using negative words such as never and worst perform much better than those using positive ...
INVESTOR SERIES

Navigating Bear Markets with Top ETF’s and Bonus

INVESTOR SERIES ETF’s represent a robust $6 trillion industry and using ETFs as leveraged and inverse vehicles to bet on ...
MARKETS

Q2 Earnings Report Card, C+ To Date

MARKETS Through July 22nd, Q2 results for S&P 500 Companies … 106 companies (21% of the index’s total membership) Total ...
GOVERNMENT REPORT SERIES

U.S. Economic Growth Slowed in June, Chicago Fed (CFNAI)

GOVERNMENT REPORT The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) is a monthly index designed to better gauge overall economic activity ...
101 SERIES

Yield Curve Basics for Punks

101 SERIES The yield curve is a plot of the interest rate yields on debt instruments of different maturities, holding ...
OPINION

No Earnings Surprise-Tesla’s Controls How the Market Works

OPINION People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision “Elon Musk”. And you get people to buy ...
PUBLIC RELATIONS

Vica Partners “Momentum Fund” is Up 39% Through June

PUBLIC RELATIONS Vica Partners Private “Momentum Fund” is up 38.77% Year to Date ending June, exceeding most Industry peers. In ...
MARKETS

Early Strong Q2 Earnings Indicate a Soft Recession

MARKETS Today software services are driving Weekly index gains as Quarterly profits are beating Wall Street expectations. Last week Goldman ...
INVESTOR SERIES

The Market Will Find the Flaw in the Bear Case for Oil Futures

INVESTOR SERIES With a 9.1% rise in consumer prices in June that beat economist’s predictions; Oil futures pulled back below ...
GOVERNMENT REPORT SERIES

Why the Federal Reserve Confirmed the July 75-Basis-Point Interest Rate Increase

INVESTOR SERIES Federal Reserve officials signaled on Friday they will likely stick with a 75-basis-point interest rate increase at their ...