Stock Buy-Backs Go Bust

The perfect storm of zero percent interest rates that existed concurrently with a debt-disabled economy lured executives at major corporations into a decade-long stock buyback program. The Fed pumped money into the economy thru its various Quantitative Easing programs...

Does Wall Street Now Have a Powell Put

December 10, 2018 First, let’s explain exactly what a “Fed Put” is. A Fed put is defined as The confidence of Wall Street that the Fed will lower interest rates and print money to support the market until economic strength will be strong enough to carry stocks higher....

A Trade War Truce Won’t Fix China

December 3, 2018 The Main Stream Financial Media would love to have investors believe that the recent problems in the global equity market are all about a trade war with China. Therefore, everything can be made right just because Trump shook hands with Xi Jinping at...

Earnings Recession of 2019

November 19, 2018  President Trump’s plan to stimulate the economy, known as The Tax Cut and Jobs Act, was signed into law at the end of 2017. It ushered in a massive and permanent tax cut for corporations, along with a temporary reduction in rates for individuals....