View from the Observation Deck 1. Today’s blog post is one we do ongoing so that investors can monitor fluctuations […]
Existing home sales declined 5.4% in June to a 5.120 million annual rate, below the consensus expected 5.350 million. Sales […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. Investors directing capital into mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) continued to favor […]
Housing starts declined 2.0% in June to a 1.559 million annual rate, below the consensus expected 1.580 million. Starts are […]
If you follow the financial press, the conventional wisdom has come to the simple conclusion that the way to fight […]
Retail sales rose 1.0% in June (+1.1% including revisions to prior months) narrowly beating the consensus expected gain of 0.9%. […]
Industrial production declined 0.2% in June (-0.8% including revisions to prior months), below the consensus expected gain of 0.1%. Utilities […]
How many times have you heard that the US dollar will collapse because of Fed and fiscal policy? According to […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. We update this post every few months so that investors can see which of […]
The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 1.1% in June, coming in above the consensus expected +0.8%. Producer prices are up […]
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.3% in June, above the consensus expected +1.1%. The CPI is up 9.1% from […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. As of 7/7/22, 398 of the constituents in the S&P 500 Index distributed a […]
