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Friday Four Play: “Slacking off on the Fed”
June 21, 2019 Great Stuff
Fed, Fed, Fed … it’s all we’ve heard this week. Interest rates, monetary policy, Jerome Powell … I’m done. Finished. Finito. How about you? I’m betting you’re tired of hearing about it as well. So, here are four decidedly non-Fed tips for you as we head into the weekend. No. 1: Man, It Feels Good […]Don’t Wreck It, Ralph
June 20, 2019 Great Stuff
I’m no Ralph Kramden, but even I can see that the market is ready for launch. Like I said in yesterday’s Great Stuff, anything but complete inaction by the U.S. Federal Reserve was likely to spark a rally — and save Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s job. All Powell had to do was drop the word “patient” from the Fed’s […]Are You Ready for Another War?
June 18, 2019 Great Stuff
There are so many wars right now, I’ve lost count. There’s the U.S.-China trade war. A potential U.S. war with Iran. A war on LGBTQ people. Even a war on Christmas. You might be all warred out, but too bad. There’s yet another war brewing. European Central Bank (ECB) President and amateur Bob Saget impersonator, […]The Clash Over Interest Rates
June 17, 2019 Great Stuff
Jerome, you’ve got to let me know. Should I stay or should I go? The Federal Open Market Committee is meeting this week to decide the fate of U.S. monetary policy. In other words, the Fed is looking at interest rates. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will hand down the central bank’s decision on Wednesday […]Uber Bullying: This Is the Robot Revolution
June 13, 2019 Great Stuff
Some people clearly haven’t seen enough sci-fi movies. You do not bully robots. Period. And yet, that’s exactly what drivers around the world are doing. Road rage is now spilling over onto autonomous vehicles. Eric Meyhofer, head of Uber Technologies Inc.’s (NYSE: UBER) self-driving car unit, lamented the rising epidemic at Wednesday’s Elevate conference in Washington, D.C.: […]