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The DJIA, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 all hit new intra-day highs yesterday, as well as a new DJIA closing high today. President Trump tweeted about them saying, “Enjoy.” But what most Americans are failing to understand is that 84% of all stock market wealth is owned by the wealthiest 10% of all Americans. Further, that

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is doubling down on repeated warnings that U.S./China tensions, weak investment, and disproportionate trade flows are nothing more than the tip of the asymptomatic iceberg. Those remain major concerns, but they also point to even greater systemic challenges emanating from, for example, climate change, technology and

As this article is being written, the S&P 500 has achieved a new all-time high. The question is, why? A recent Fox News poll indicates that a majority of American citizens feel the President is going to be impeached and removed from office. Nevertheless, in a grand “deal-making” press conference today, the President announced that

The American investor appears to be in the thralls of a catatonic stupor, after being bombarded incessantly by news stories talking about the soon-to-come China trade deal, the strong dollar, and the growing U.S. economy.  Meanwhile, the Fed is battling to save at least one arrow in their quiver, by holding off as long as

China and the U.S. may have come to a realization, regardless of an agreement, that the current tariff war has accomplished nothing beneficial for either country, yet is mounting casualties on both sides and at a time when the global recession needs a lift, not another anchor. There is no shortage of negative news regarding