The number of rate increases expected by the Federal Reserve in 2019 has dropped from two to one lately, and we’re not seeing anything in the CPI to suggest one is needed now. While we entered 2019 with the expectation that the Federal Reserve may have two more rate increases in store for us in […]
Cisco has been telling us for a while that they aren’t worried about the current business challenges they face. Their current business results back up this resilient outlook. Given the macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges that are supposed to be facing technology companies these days, particularly the shrinking demand that has shown itself in the technology […]
A terrible December had people particularly looking toward technology stocks and the Nasdaq as indicating troubled times. We’ve now fully recaptured those losses. Throughout the market recovery from a bad finish in 2018, seeing things dip by around 20% at its worst and then put in a move upward at Christmas time, we have been […]
The U.S. national debt has been spiraling out of control for some time now, at an accelerating pace. We may not need to worry too much about this, but someone will. Many Americans are concerned to various degrees about the size of the country’s national debt load, and this is certainly well worthy of our […]
With the deadline approaching, we will find out soon what the outcome of this latest round of trade talks will be, and some wonder what will happen in the markets as well. Many people are excited at the prospects of a trade agreement between China and the United States, which may very well be at […]
Trump’s been using his demand for a $5.7 billion wall to hold up the current spending bill. We’ll soon see if a $1.4 billion fence instead will appease him enough to back off. With the prospects of another protracted government shutdown looming, congressional negotiators have been working hard behind the scenes to put together a […]
We usually think of ourselves as being pretty well covered when it comes to health insurance. The reality is that this is still the biggest financial risk we face. We work hard to look to ensure our financial security and our future is protected, and this is well evidenced by how much money we spend […]
Cannabis stocks have had a pretty rough ride over the past few months, at a time where expectations were much higher. Two key earnings announcements are set to tell us more. Legal cannabis and legal cannabis producers are seen by a lot of investors as a pretty hot sector, at least in terms of potential. […]
We wouldn’t normally think that a previous generation would be worse off financially than a preceding one, but at least in some important ways, Gen Xers are worse off. We usually assume that millennials, generally considered to be the generation born between 1980 and the first few years of the new millennia, struggle more than […]
Cisco is not only an industry leader in network hardware, its performance is used as a benchmark for the industry. They announce their earnings on Wednesday. Network hardware company Cisco Systems is seen as a bellwether in the technology sector, although the scope of how this tech company is doing extends even further. There has […]