The stock market in 2024 has been dominated by what are known as the Magnificent Seven which includes Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta and Tesla. With the S&P 500 up 26.5% in price as of the 26th of December, these stocks have...
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Three years ago, research firm Cerulli Associates received a good deal of press for its forecast that $72 trillion would be passed down to younger generations during the next twenty-five years. As a result of the booming stock market and home price appreciation,...
Visual Capitalist is one of my favorite sources of interesting material on markets, technology, and the global economy, among many other topics. Their newest post focuses on the American Dream which is defined as the desirable life for the average family. Of course,...
Several of my recent posts focused on climate-related problems. One pointed out that a large percentage of the internal migration within the U.S. is to areas that are particularly prone to weather problems such as storms, hurricanes, drought and wildfires. Another suggested that...
I have always followed demographic trends because they represent an important factor in understanding and forecasting the long-term path of the economy. The Centers for Disease Control recent reported mortality data for 2022 and there is both good and bad news. The two...
“There are two kinds of interest rate forecasters: those who don’t know and those who don’t know they don’t know.” John Kenneth Galbraith I am firmly in the camp of those who don’t know but the futures markets give us the ability to...