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By Mike Larson On April 28, 201707:00 AM Eastern
When I was a kid, my mom doled out a lot of oatmeal for breakfast. She tried to spice it up with brown sugar or raisins sometime, and of course, it met my nutritional needs. But let’s be honest:...
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 Mike Larson On March 3, 201707:00 AM Eastern
When Donald Trump talks, stock markets listen. That much is clear from the gigantic ramp-fest that took place on Wednesday after the new president delivered his first State of the Union-style...
By Mandeep Rai On March 1, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Over the last few weeks, I put out a couple of notes telling you that the market was flashing some warning signals beneath the surface, and to be cautious of a potential correction.
Now, that...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On February 25, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Almost a decade has passed since the 2007-2009 financial collapse, and the memory of careless mortgage lending that led us there is fading away. But now, we have something else that might be a bit...
By Mike Larson On February 24, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Can this market really just keep going up? I’ve heard and seen several versions of that question on TV, online, and even here in the hallways at Weiss Ratings.
So what’s my take? Sure, we’re...
By Mandeep Rai On February 8, 201707:00 AM Eastern
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...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 19, 201607:30 AM Eastern
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After much debate and anticipation, the Federal Reserve finally hiked interest rates again last week. It raised the benchmark short-term rate to a...
By Jon D. Markman On September 13, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Healthcare costs continue to surge. Now companies are using powerful cloud-computing networks and connected devices to stem the tide. For example, Qualcomm (QCOM) has partnered with Philips USA,...
By Jon D. Markman On April 5, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Individual investors are not buying this rally despite the move to three-month highs. Bulls in the latest survey by the American Association of Individual Investors dropped seven points this week....