Dec 5, 2025
Summing Up The Week This week we saw examples of both bad news being good news and good news being good news. First, a private survey in China showed a contraction in their factory activity, potentially showing a slowdown in the global economy. Then, ADP’s...
Oct 31, 2025
Summing Up The Week The week kicked off with a bang as markets rallied on the back of promises from the Trump Administration that a deal would be ironed out with China. On Wednesday, the party got busted when Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell came out hawkish...
Oct 17, 2025
Summing Up The Week I still chuckle to myself when I think of all the “analysts” who were claiming volatility would be dead after President Donald Trump was re-elected. Many were looking at the average volatility of Trump’s first term and, on...
Oct 10, 2025
Summing Up The Week The extended Federal Government shutdown shows no end in sight, but that’s not slowing down the stock market, Bitcoin, or gold one bit! Throughout the week, the major stock indexes along with the Big Orange Crypto and the shiny yellow rock...
Jun 13, 2025
Summing Up The Week No amount of fundamental data or analysis can protect an investment against geopolitical risks. The “known unknowns” will always take markets lower, sometimes as much as “unknown unknowns.” Despite positive news on trade...
