Have We Been Here Before? The Story of the Fed Increase that Did Not Occur….. Thoughts and Commenta
Have We Been Here Before? The Story of the Fed Increase that Did Not Occur…..Or…. What a Difference a Day Makes? Thoughts and Commentary...
New highs, limited new overly positive news - - Updates and Commentary by Howard Isaacson
Amazing ……… After a very tough January, the month of February ended up being the single best month for the S&P 500 since October 2011! ...
Another week with new highs and high uncertainty
Positive movement on the Greek front, the implementation of the Russian/Ukraine cease fire, decent earnings results and mixed economic...
Improving Economic Data Points Here in the US? Major shifts in markets? - Updates and Commentary b
The week ended with two important data points, (1) oil rig utilization and (2) employment figures. These were (1) as expected and (2)...
New news, old news, slow growth grinds forward vs the Fed, oil, Greece, etc. this weeks notes - Upd
I want to thank all of you who read these briefings! As you know, I do write all the content, and as you can imagine, it does take a...
Oh my! Definitely NOT a Boring Week.... - Updates and Thoughts by Howard Isaacson
After a series of days that were not so good in many ways, patience paid off with many positives to end the week. Though the Dow ended...
December retail sale thoughts - Issue with the Seasonal Adjustments IMHO
The numbers being thrown around in the media today (as issued by the Census Bureau this morning) reflect “adjustments” for seasonal...
2015 has started with big moves. Where are we going? - Updates and Thoughts by Howard Isaacson
The Dow started the year with the worst start since 2008, then it was up by the largest gains in 3 weeks, and on Friday we were down 170...
Have we been here before? - Updates and Thoughts by Howard Isaacson
After suffering the worst week not experienced since 2011, the Dow gained 4.5% over two days this week and experienced is biggest weekly...
Even with positive US economic data, a step backwards this week in the markets - Updates and Thought
For the first week in eight weeks, the markets ended the week lower and no new highs were hit during the week. The Dow suffered its...
