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By Gavin Magor On April 20, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Weiss issues safety ratings for thousands of insurance companies, but today I want to zero in on the safety of the often-discussed health insurance sector. We analyze their financial statements...
By Jon D. Markman On April 19, 201702:00 PM Eastern
For most people, artificial intelligence is Siri, the lovable but slightly useless digital assistant on iPhones.
She can’t really do anything except answer simple questions. She’s harmless.
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By Mandeep Rai On April 19, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Yes, reports on retail sales, jobs, inflation and manufacturing in the very recent past have missed expectations. That’s why the Atlanta Fed Model depicts a paltry 0.5% growth rate. But I sure...
By Mandeep Rai On April 18, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Financial stocks have done very well since Donald Trump was elected for a number of reasons. But one of them is paramount: The U.S. banking industry has been on the mend since the 2008 financial...
By Mike Larson On April 17, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Is today’s market volatile or non-volatile? The answer is … yes.
In fact, it reminds me of the famous Schrodinger’s cat experiment. That’s the one where Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger...
By Mandeep Rai On April 12, 201707:00 AM Eastern
If you remember a few months ago, I wrote a piece covering the history of recessions and expansions – one that said the average length of an expansion is 7.6 years. The longest, just prior to the...
By Mandeep Rai On April 5, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The President of China, Xi Jinping, is poised to visit President Trump at his Mar-A-Lago hotel resort later this week, and the highest priority on the agenda will likely be trade deals. This will...
By Mike Larson On April 3, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Donald Trump’s economic policies get a lot of credit for the recent market surge. And there’s no questioning his positive influence on everything from defense to infrastructure to financial...
By Mandeep Rai On March 29, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Sentiment readings have been soaring post-election, with the possibility of tax cuts, regulation reforms, and infrastructure programs clearly getting people excited.
In fact, yesterday’s...
By Mike Larson On March 24, 201707:00 AM Eastern
We finally got one this week – a 1% decline in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Tuesday’s drop was the first one of that magnitude since October. Some 87% of the index’s components fell on the...