It was a good week and an exceptionally good month in the markets.
The S&P 500 was up 9.1%. This was the best July since 1939. Conversely, it came on the heels of the 3rd worst June ever, down 8.4%.…
It was a positive week in both the stock and bond markets as investors stepped back in.
Earnings reports in some sectors (financials) were not as weak as some expected, and there continues to be interim cooling of inflation (gas …
Economic news drives Wall Street especially updated critical data points pertaining to inflation, earnings, and interest rates.
It has been a week of negative news on most of these fronts.
Monday thru Wednesday, the stock market drifted lower on anticipated …
Are we in a recession? If not, when will we be?
Is it the right time to go back into the stock market? Have interest rates stopped increasing for now?
Will my food costs continue to climb?
These are just …
First off, before we get to the UGLY markets and economic backdrop, we wanted to wish you and your families a Happy Independence Day holiday weekend.
Without our freedoms, which include free market capitalism and the right of every investor …
Can you make sense of this?
Two weeks ago, the markets experienced a brutal sell-off (S&P 500 down -6.1%) due to inflation rhetoric, rising gas prices, 75 bp Fed Funds rise, and the fastest acceleration of the 10-year US Treasury …
The truth can be difficult to hear.
Telling the truth is also hard when the message is not what the recipient wants to hear.
Dealing with the truth is even harder, especially when it’s unexpected and disappointing.
This week, investors …
Having grown up in the ‘60s and attended college in the late ’70s, I vividly remember my father telling me, “Cost of everything is going through the roof”. It was an often-used sentence by people living in the ’70s. That …
Since early fall 2021, we at MarketGauge have been urging you to focus on the fact that many of the economic and market indicators we evaluate were just not adding up.
As a subscriber, you may recall the numerous weekly …
After 7 consecutive negative weeks for the S&P 500 (8 for the Dow), we witnessed a healthy reprieve this week.
The stage for this week’s rally was set by the prior week’s wild Friday (May 20th), during which the S&P …
The Most Important Proclamation in the FOMC Press Conference
(And It's Been Ignored, Again)
December 14, 2025
