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How to Outperform the Stock Market in 2024

Posted on December 29, 2023 by MN Gordon

Following the federal open market committee (FOMC) meeting on December 12 and 13, 2023, the Federal Reserve announced it would be holding the federal funds rate within a range of 5.25 to 5.5 percent.  The Fed, by way of its dot plot, also signaled there would be three 25-basis point rate cuts in 2024. Continue reading →

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Washington’s Bias for Continuous Inflationism

Posted on June 23, 2023 by MN Gordon

This week Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered his semiannual testimony to Congress. A main feature of the discussion was the status of rate hikes and the fight against inflation. Continue reading →

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What Comes After the Great Liquidation

Posted on March 10, 2023 by MN Gordon

Expectations were great. When 2023 started, there was a general sense that the stock and bond markets had turned over a new leaf. A repeat of 2022 was out of the question. Continue reading →

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Mission Accomplished?

Posted on February 3, 2023 by MN Gordon

About the time the most trusted man in America, Walter Cronkite, signed off from the CBS Evening News for the last time, something momentous happened in the U.S. credit market. Few people, apart from Bill Gross and A. Gary Shilling, understood what was going on. Continue reading →

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