by Kenneth Ameduri | CTS-News
“Higher for Longer” is Wall Street’s New Buzzword Remember how the “strong consumer” was supposed to save the economy in 2023? That narrative isn’t working out too well now with high gas prices ($6 per gallon in California!) boosting inflation and shoppers reflexively...
by Kenneth Ameduri | CTS-News
Watch Out for the Land Mines! If there’s one word that would sum up today’s financial market conditions, it would be indecisive. Large-cap stocks have been chopping around – one day up, the next day coughing up the gains – as traders weigh a slew of problems and...
by Kenneth Ameduri | CTS-News
As usual, applying linear, common-sense logic to the financial markets will only fray your sanity. At any given moment, bad news can be good or bad for stocks and other assets. The only way to make sense of it all is to apply Charlie Munger’s principle: “show me the...
by Kenneth Ameduri | CTS-News
The Fed Is “Doing Its Job” – at Running the Economy into the Ground! The Federal Reserve’s function is to protect the U.S. economy and the best interests of American consumers, savers, retirees, and investors – or at least, that’s what the elite Fed officials would...
by Kenneth Ameduri | CTS-News
“Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria.” That quote from Sir John Templeton is older than any of us living today, but it’s as relevant in today’s market landscape as it’s ever been. Another well-known quote is,...