Author: Gary Kaltbaum

Stocks opened higher on Tuesday but drifted lower as the Fed and the Bank of Japan began their latest meetings on interest rates. Before the open, The Commerce Department said residential housing starts slid -5.8% to a 1.14 million annualized rate,missing estimates for 1.190 million. It also missed last month’s revised 1.21 million rate. The…

Another Fed day. Yippee! And then we get a presser. Double yippee! None of it matters to the economy. Unfortunately, central banks here and around the globe have enabled the build-up of massive debt and leverage. This is the headwind to economies growing. How can one grow when a government spends double what it spent…

One has to wonder when WE were actually rooting Elizabeth Warren on. Unfortunately for the CEO of Wells Fargo, instead of looking from the outside in at the company, he has been looking from the inside of the company out. This simply means that they forgot the #1 rule of public relations. It’s not what you think,…

Market Update: Stocks futures are higher ahead of Wednesday’s open after the Bank of Japan announced more easy money measures to stimulate markets. They are targeting their yield curve and left the door open for more easy money. The new catch phrase is YCC or Yield curve control because the BoJ wants to help inflation get…