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Wheat Prices and our Bread
Ukraine is the Kansas of Europe. They’re a huge supplier of wheat and corn. So, when their country is threatened grain prices are impacted.
War and Stocks
Starting with Russia and Ukraine, the truth is the U.S. economy, and the overall stock market probably won’t be impacted much by the recent conflict.
47,800,000,000 Reasons to Put the Fuel Can Down.
With inflation going up at the highest rate since the early 1980s, the Fed is choosing to make it worse.
Nice Jump
The 10-year yield jumped to the significant 2% mark in the last few days because of the latest inflation numbers.
Rough January
The stock market hates uncertainty, and the first month of this year was ripe for uncertainty.
Just Supersize it
Due to rising inflation, McDonald’s announced that it expects their food and paper costs to almost double this year compared to what they were paying for the same things in 2021.
First Quarter Outlook Lowered
Economic analysts have lowered growth expectations for the first quarter of 2022.
1982 Inflation Nostalgia
Do you know what else happened in 1982? That was the last time we had inflation this high.
“How are the Roads”
I don’t see the 2022 market repeating the 2021 market that looked great the first quarter coming out of the pandemic shutdowns of 2020.
The Supply Chain Mess Explained in Layman Baseball Terms
How did a global pandemic wreak havoc on a century’s old system? Let me explain the supply chain mess in layman baseball terms.
Stock Market Insights
Chairman Powell has been saying all year that inflation wasn’t going to be a problem.
Stock Market Insights
We now have October’s inflation numbers, and they weren’t good. In fact, they were much worse than expected.
Stock Market Insights
on November 3, the Federal Reserve announced at the end of its Open Market Committee meeting that it was going to begin hitting the brakes on the pace of the monthly amount of its bond purchases this month (quantitative easing).
Stock Market Insights
In the past week, stocks went up but have been feeling inflation pressure. Inflation continues to be the big topic in the stock market in October.
Stock Market Insights
Since this bull market started at the beginning of 2009, the S&P 500 index, which tracks the 500 largest companies on the stock exchange, has beat analysts’ earnings expectations 47 out of 48 quarters according to the Wall Street Journal.
Stock Market Insights
The last eighteen months have been a crazy ride with the market and economy.
Stock Market Insights
The 50-day moving average helps us see trends in stock to see where the stock or index is gaining strength or showing weakness by drawing a line on the chart that shows the average closing price from the past 50 trading sessions.
Stock Market Insights
The first two weeks of September have been the worst of the year. There have been a few negative reports, but nothing major enough to justify investors’ fears.















