As flood waters recede in the south and eastern seaboard states, Hurricane Helene is on track to be one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. Not since Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged […]

Uncertainty leading up to the Presidential election brought about volatility in the equity markets while bonds were weighed by a resurgence in inflation fears. Equity and fixed income markets will digest the outcome […]

Trump’s second term as President is not expected to mimic his first term. Things have changed and major events have reshaped the nation and the financial landscape since Trump’s first term when he […]

Primary objectives of the Federal Reserve include securing the value of the dollar by ways of countering inflation, and maintaining a healthy and robust labor market by encouraging employers to hire and workers […]

The tremendous onset of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought about an enormous increase in the demand for energy. AI encompasses a multitude of numerous electronic components that consume enormous amounts of electricity as […]

The Federal Reserve attempts to address inflation and the employment market via increasing and decreasing short term rates via the Fed Funds, yet long term rates are established and set by the enormous […]

Uncertainty among global markets rose as conflict in the Middle East elevated tensions and roiled energy markets. Oil and fuel prices spiked as the threat of supply constraints and the disruption of shipping […]

With the anticipation of the Fed initiating its rate reduction objective in September, expectations are that the U.S. dollar will also begin to fall as well. Historically, nearly ever time that interest rates […]

U.S. job openings fell to the lowest level in three and a half years and returned to pre-pandemic levels in another sign the labor market has softened and that people can’t find work […]

There is a growing concern that the Fed may not have been as responsive as it should have in responding to slowing economic data numbers, prompting some economists and analysts to increase the […]