True Rags to Riches stories are actually few and far between. We often hear of the biggies; the Jeff Bezos’ story, the Bill Gates story, the Steve Jobs’

Normally as the stock market rises, investor optimism increases. However, in this run there has been extreme skepticism because the unemployment rate is so high, there are riots

One of the keys to sound investing is having the right information. Its everywhere around us; we just need to know where to look. One of my preferred

The April PCE report will go down in history as the most unusual ever because government transfer payments boosted income, while uncertainty and the inability to go out

The jobless claims report in the week of May 23rd improved from the prior week as there were 2.123 million initial claims which fell from 2.446 million. As

The graphic below is a great summary of the latest numbers on the COVID-19 crisis. It shows cases, the lockdown, economic data, and financial markets. The lockdown tracker

One of the biggest questions in the past few weeks is how much business is going to change in the long run. The potential trend could be more

People have been stuck at home during these shutdowns with nothing to do. Sports were canceled which eliminated sports betting. These factors along with the dogma of buying

There have been 38.6 million new jobless claims in this recession. There was a big spike higher followed by a steep drop off which has been moderating like

As we mentioned last week, Connecticut put that they had 10 times the number of initial jobless claims that they actually had. That was a huge mistake which

April 20 brought a historic rout in the oil market with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures plummeting to over negative $38 a barrel. Market commentators predicted a deflationary

While the stock market has been flying high, the Fed came out with a somber Minutes release. The Minutes stated, “Participants commented that, in addition to weighing heavily

There has been a big sentiment shift away from worrying about COVID-19 towards worrying about the economy. We still don’t know if a 2nd COVID-19 wave will hit.

Sometimes change can accelerate even in the darkest times. We have seen increased use of technology to avoid the virus, yet have a sense of normalcy. The two

We’re all looking for great businesses to invest in. Those companies that seem to defy the natural order; that succeed in industries or sectors where others quite simply,

* Updated for Summer 2020 Most people probably wouldn’t consider Bill Gates a value investor. After all, Microsoft was basically the poster child for the tech boom of the

We’ve mentioned that the Atlanta Fed Q2 GDP Nowcast was about to get worse because all of the data from April wasn’t included yet. Now most of the

You’ve heard of fat fingers when it comes to trades. It’s when someone types in the wrong amount in a trade or buys instead of sells. It’s debatable

Some traders blamed Powell’s statements for the stock market’s decline on Wednesday, but that doesn’t make much sense because when Powell is negative it signals there will be

We all know the economy and the stock market are showing extreme dislocation at the moment. The Nasdaq is up year to date, while the unemployment rate is

The April labor report was the worst ever. As a preview to what we will discuss, let’s look at a quote from the Senior Vice President of Challenger.

We received some criticism for saying initial jobless claims had peaked in late March. Now that’s virtually assured as they fell for the 5th week in a row.

We did a survey on Twitter where we asked our followers if stocks are still in a bear market. Out of 122 responses, 70% said this is still

The bearish narrative is that the latest rally is a trap for the bulls because the economy is in dire shape. The bullish counterpoint is the economy will

We asked on Twitter whether the stock market was properly pricing in the current recession. 72.8% said ‘no’ and 27.2% said ‘yes’. That was out of 353 voters.