This month's models have been posted. There are CHANGES IN ALL THE MODELS (highlighted in yellow). The rest of the newsletter will be posted by the middle of the month. What does ‘recession’ even mean anymore? Type “definition of” into your Google search field and see what autocomplete prompts you get. Your algorithm may vary,

This month's models have been posted. There are CHANGES IN ALL THE MODELS. Real estate markets face the mortgage-rate disconnect It used to be so simple and predictable: The economy grows. People prosper. They buy homes. Housing prices spike and inflation works its way through the economy. The Federal Reserve raises the fed funds rate

This month's models have been posted. Why inflation causes turbulence for the airlines We don’t need to tell you: It’s hard times for airlines right now. As someone whose personal fortune is linked to the carriers’, you already know that the industry’s stock index is down by one-third over the past 12 months. That’s hard

This month's models have been posted. There are CHANGES in ALL MODELS (highlighted in yellow). The dollar is strong. No, really. It’s entirely fair to say that the U.S. dollar doesn’t buy as much as it did a year ago. It’s also true that, although the entire world is experiencing inflation right now, American consumer

This month's models have been posted. The rest of the models will be posted by mid-month. Politics overrides economics – and it doesn’t seem to matter It’s a dangerous world which doesn’t seem to be letting up. For obvious reasons – commercial supply-chain disruption – and senseless ones – the war in Ukraine – the

This month's models have been posted. There are changes in all the models (highlighted in yellow). ATTENTION Some models recommend selling funds that were purchased last month. To avoid restrictions, you must hold the funds for a minimum of 30 days. Please be aware of your buy and sell dates. Take a hike: The Fed’s tools for

This month's charts are now posted. There are CHANGES in ALL the models (highlighted in yellow). Keep calm …? It’s hard to stay calm when headlines like “Russia invades Ukraine!” appear everywhere you look. And matters are made worse when you’re reminded that the reckless aggressor in the conflict is a nuclear power which is

This month's models have been posted. There are CHANGES in ALL MODELS (highlighted in yellow). The Yankees are coming! The Yankees are coming! Which region of the United States has the most residents? Many of us might assume it’s the Northeast, where there’s essentially a megalopolis stretching from Boston to Washington. But no. Maybe the

This month's models have been posted. New ways to make – or lose – a fortune on blockchain Just when we thought we had our heads around cryptocurrency, the geniuses who cooked it up came out with some new twists. You don’t need to go anywhere near Bitcoin or Ethereum or Ripple or any other

This month's charts have been posted. There are CHANGES in ALL the models (highlighted in yellow). Inflation. The facts. We’re hearing a lot about inflation lately, and some of it is true. Prices for a lot of goods are spiking. The government “created” $11.8 trillion since the pandemic began, and printing that many dollars –