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Economics and Market Research

All major equity indices closed at their highest daily, weekly, and monthly levels in history. It really doesn't get more bullish than...

Beware the Ides of March! Today is the day that Roman senators, led by Brutus and Cassius, assassinated Julius Caesar, which sparked the...

The past couple weeks has seen a new influx of retail traders into the stock market, largely stemming from the Gamestop and AMC manias. I...

Obviously, this sounds crazy at face value, but Quantitative Easing for bonds was deemed crazy when it first began. But now, QE is...

It just doesn't exist. It never has, it never will. Does that mean markets are rigged? Perhaps, but not necessarily. The better answer...

Stocks rebounded nicely last week, although it is still unlikely that we have seen the final lows. The rally was likely due to...

With the Federal Reserve launching QE-Infinity, an old group of individuals have resurfaced that we haven't heard from in some time-- the...

Equity futures witnessed another limit-down in last night's trading session. But this morning, the Federal Reserve committed to...

We are not even three months into the new decade, and the existing economic order that has been in place since 1971 is on the verge of...

It is truly incredible how fast markets, and life itself, can change. Not even a month ago, equities were at all-time highs, and things...

There is seemingly an endless amount of financial literature available for those looking to become involved in markets. But there are...

Equities are down significantly across the board this Monday morning. This is something we warned about in previous weeks. Last week's...

This might seem like a silly headline at face value, because if I buy a stock, and it goes up, then I was right and I made money, right? ...