Special Report – X Marks The Spot – Looming Debt Ceiling Crisis
X Marks The Spot In common parlance, “X Marks the Spot” typically conjures up images of pirates and buried treasure. At the moment, however, [...]
CCM Commentary Q1/2023
MARKET SUMMARY: Stock investors have been nervously awaiting it for months, and after a series of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes something finally broke. [...]
Turmoil in Financial Markets Amid Banking Concerns
As of this writing, markets are in turmoil over concerns in the banking industry. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank started worries that have [...]
The Long View: Stock and Bond Performance Since the Financial Crisis
2022 will go down in history as perhaps the worst year for the combined performance of the stock and bond markets. With S&P 500 [...]
US Economic Update January 2023
Overall Consumer Confidence: 107 | Present Situation: 151 | Expectations: 78 The economy is strong by almost any objective measure, but consumers continue to [...]