The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation surprised to the upside in April, increasing 0.3% on the month and 8.3% on the year. More troubli…

The market has struggled to price in shifting probabilities of various economic scenarios resulting from the war in Ukraine. The result has been vola…

Russia has both recognized as independent and sent “peace keeping” troops into the two Ukrainian break-away provinces of Donetsk and Luha…

What happened? The Federal Reserve’s FOMC (“Federal Open Market Committee”) announced a widely expected half percentage point in…

    “I keep my eyes wide open all the time.”      – Johnny Cash   The U.S. and global eco…

It’s been a rocky start to the year, so let’s begin with the good news. The jobs report released in early February showed a healthy incre…

“In God we trust. All others must provide data.”  Dr. William Schaffner, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, as quoted in The New York Times on 02/…

U.S. CPI soared 7.0% (year-over-year) in December, outpacing prior-month readings and closing out 2021 at a 40-year high  [Exhibit 1]. Cor…

The recently released “America’s Patients First: The Trump Administration Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs” looks to…

October 10th saw a jarring sell-off in the equity market with the S&P 500 tumbling almost 3.3% and the tech-heavy NASDAQ declining over 4%. The s…