by Lance Roberts | Sep 29, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
The Fed’s “soft landing” hopes are likely overly optimistic. Such was the context of the recent #BullBearReport, which discussed the long record of the Fed’s economic growth projections. To wit: “However, there is a problem with the Fed projections. They are...
by Lance Roberts | Sep 26, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
“Compound market returns.” During bullish markets, there is inevitably a regurgitation of this myth that was contrived to extract capital from retail investors and place it in the hands of Wall Street. However, the compound market returns myth was contrived from the...
by Lance Roberts | Sep 22, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
The hit TV series “That 70s Show” aired from 1998 to 2006 and focused on six teenage friends living in Wisconsin in the late 70s. The irony was that the actors playing the teenagers were not born in the late 70s and had never experienced life during that period. Many...
by Lance Roberts | Sep 19, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
While September has been a bit sloppy so far, will further weakness in October weigh on investor sentiment before the seasonally strong period begins? As shown by the S&P 500 index seasonality chart below, weakness in the last two weeks of September and the first...
by Lance Roberts | Sep 15, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
The term “Bond Vigilantes” is a nostalgic twist on an old-west theme. In the nineteenth century, the American West formed self-appointed groups, or committees, to seize the duties of law enforcement and judicial authority in situations when citizens found law...
