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Observations from a Former Soothsayer

crysKeeping in mind yours truly is out of the predictions racket and these are merely “observations”, I give you my latest thoughts:

First and foremost, when it comes to today’s employment report, I can sum up my opinion by saying this.

It makes no economic sense to have such strong back-to-back employment reports given how overall weak other economic factors have clearly been of late. Either many of these other economic factors were grossly off base, or the employment numbers have been nicely goosed. For the record, I go with the latter (but we won’t know until way after the election and by then, the goose shall surely been cooked).

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Posted: August 5th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Opinion | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Observations from a Former Soothsayer

Why the Republican victory is good for markets

republicansThe Republicans have taken control of the U.S. legislative agenda for the next two years if not longer, and that has political and market implications up until 2016 and likely beyond. Let’s see how they handle this role, given the divisiveness within the party itself and the fact that it did not really run on a…

Posted: November 9th, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: 2014 Elections, 2016 Presidential Politics, Economy | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Why the Republican victory is good for markets