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 [...]
CCM Commentary Q4/2022
MARKET SUMMARY: Stocks halted their losing streak in the fourth quarter of 2022, as encouraging signs of easing inflation and the hope for a [...]
Predictive Powers of the S&P 500 Average Return (and a Discussion on Risk)
We recently published an article on the futility of the annual stock market forecast “rodeo” among Wall Street analysts (and it is still safe [...]