Tariff talks between the U.S. and 75 countries gets a 90 day pause

| April 9, 2025

Posting a late afternoon blog addition since I would be remiss to not mention the stock market rocketing after the Trump administration announced a “pause” with 75 countries wanting to negotiate tariffs and non-tariff barriers with the U.S. The notable holdout at this point is China … but the financial markets took all of this […]

Deusche Bank says buy $GE – What will stop this stock market?

| January 14, 2020

The stock market continues to rally on positive news: low inflation, cheap money, increasing wages, low unemployment and even good news on trade with China. If there was ever a time to use the “hitting on all cylinders” idiom, this would be it … but when things are looking this good … everybody gets a […]

Volatile up then down day for the U.S. stock market

| January 13, 2015

When looking at the U.S. financial indices for the first half of January 2015, one would be hard pressed to believe the optimistic opinions from most financial analysts and those talking about the domestic economy. Most cite the low interest environment and low energy prices as a reason to be optimistic, but day to day […]

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  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
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