This quarter, we dropped the oil page from our Guide to the Markets.
There are always exactly 65 pages in the Guide, so when we want to add a page, we have to get rid of one. The process is, unfortunately, democratic, so when my younger colleagues wanted to add pages illustrating U.S. equity market concentration (page 10), the AI capital spending boom (page ... Show More
Nov 17
Why a 1:13 expansion feels like a 1:20 recession
<p>In our age of overwhelming technological progress, I still cling to the simpler practices of my youth. I read books rather than tablets, write with an ink pen in cursive rather than text with my thumbs, and attempt to use mental arithmetic, rather than a calculator, in solving ... Show More
11m 9s
Nov 3
The Importance of Navigation in the Dark
<p id="ember886" class="ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph">I was rewatching Apollo 13 over the weekend - a fabulous movie, by the way, if you’ve never seen it - about how, in 1970, three astronauts returned safely to Earth following an explosion on their spacecraft, two day ... Show More
11m 48s
Dec 2024
BREAKING NEWS: Dow Plunges 1,100 Points: First 10-Day Losing Streak Since 1974
The U.S. central bank reduced its overnight borrowing rate by a quarter point to a target range of 4.25% to 4.5%, as expected.
However, new quarterly forecasts showed several officials penciled in fewer rate cuts for next year than they estimated just a few months ago, and saw in ... Show More
5m 51s
Aug 2024
The Dividend Cafe Wednesday - August 28, 2024
<p>Midweek Market Recap and NVIDIA Earnings Breakdown - August 28, 2023</p>
<p>In this episode of Dividend Cafe, Brian Szytel discusses the performance of the stock market on a relatively uneventful day, with the Dow dropping 159 points, the S&P 500 down by 0.6%, and the NASD ... Show More
3m 45s
Mar 2025
Stocks Wrap Up Volatile Week… And Dissecting The Tech Wreck 3/7/25
<p>Stocks bouncing back Friday after a very volatile week. The S&P posting its worst week since September as a weak jobs report, Fed comments, and more tariff headlines rock markets. So will the volatility continue? And A take on Tech, as Meta erases nearly all of its record rall ... Show More
43m 45s
Aug 2024
What to expect after the global stock market slump
<p>A global market sell-off kicked off the week, marking the biggest sell-off in decades.</p>
<p>Japan’s Nikkei started things off, dropping 12 per cent, which was the index’s worst day since the Black Monday crash of 1987. Following this, the rest of the world followed suit.</p> ... Show More
13m 45s
Feb 2020
Understanding This Week’s Market Whiplash, Featuring Scott Melker
After weeks of not reacting to Coronavirus, the markets took a profound turn for the worse this week, leading ultimately to the fastest correction - i.e. loss of 10% - in recorded history.
In this episode of The Breakdown, @NLW is joined by crypto trader, DJ, and broad market t ... Show More
24m 2s