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There’s quite a lot going on in the Washington political scene, with clarity harder to find right now. That’s why stocks have been somewhat indecisive about which direction ultimately prevails...
We may be in a snacking season lull, what with the Super Bowl behind us and Spring Training a few weeks away. But boy are investors still gobbling up chips! Take a look at this Screener I...
I don’t know if you’re a football fan in general, or a New England Patriots fan in particular. But I’m both, and I have to tell you, that Super Bowl comeback was one for the ages! What an amazing...
I’ve maintained that things look good for the markets, in part because of the new administration’s policies. But we’ve also seen some recent stock market volatility, and it’s easy to worry when...
The first month of 2017 is officially in the books! If one thing stands out, it’s that this January looked a heck of a lot different from last January. Stocks fell out of bed in the first month...
We’ve seen an incredible drought in new bank formation over the last six years. Strict regulations put in place to prevent another financial meltdown after the Great Recession made it quite...
Donald Trump is mad as heck and he’s not going to take it any more – at least when it comes to the U.S. dollar. That’s the signal the newly elected President and his top advisors sent out loud...
The market stumbled out of the gate this week, with the Dow down as much as 220 points on Monday and 150 points on Tuesday. Small caps pulled back as well, and for the first time in a long while,...
Donald Trump just promised to build a wall along the Mexican border, one brick or block of concrete at a time. What exactly will it look like? How much will it cost? Who will pay for it? Will it...
It’s official: We’ve breached “Dow 20,000!” The 121-year-old index crossed that level for the first time ever at the open on Wednesday, ultimately closing higher by 155 points. And just as we’ve...