US Economy Outlook 2024 Are we to believe the weak GDP and economic forecasts for 2023? And how about 2024? The reason forecasts and predictions miss so often, is that forecasters don’t consider politics and news media manipulation. The macroeconomic outlook is colored by politics — China, Saudis and Biden. Know one talked about the…
Markets Staging a Rally? Is last week’s market rally a real trend in investor sentiment? What caused the rise this month and the jump this week? Was it a technical correction, short covering, rising GDP report, or news regarding inflation rate in October so far (privileged data, not publicly available)? This chart shows how strong…
Facebook, Amazon, Google, Netflix, Apple With stock volatility, rising interest rates, and an economic recovery underway, are the big tech FAANG stocks the choice for risk off investors? While NASDAQ did well last year, it may be the Fed stimulus and low interest rate policy that created those big gains. When Cathie Woods says tech…
Manhattan Real Estate The news right now about the New York real estate market couldn’t be worse. The state is reeling from a plague of bad events that could conceivably topple the state and city governments. The work at home, Corona Virus exodus from Manhattan doesn’t seem to be stopping, and with the fall season…
Google Loves Fresh Content – So Do Your Visitors How do you feel about eating that 4 day old salad you left in the fridge? How about that salmon that’s still in the garbage bin after a few days? And do you remember the smell of fresh baked bread or pastries right out of the…