Tag Archives: S&P500
How to Enjoy the Magic of Rising Stock Prices
Let’s begin with the understanding that something delightful is taking place in the stock market. The S&P 500’s up 22.33 percent year to date. What’s more, the S&P 500 just hit a new nominal high of 1,745. Can you believe … Continue reading
Stock Market Shangri-La
The big news early in the week was that Larry Summers – the man so smart he lost hot breakfasts for Harvard and $2 billion of the university’s operating funds – withdrew his name from consideration for the next Federal … Continue reading
Secrets of the September Swoon
Federal workers, and many other fine folks, celebrated Labor Day yesterday by partaking in lethargy. Here at the Economic Prism we did nothing of the sort. Rather, we continued our labors for fun and for free…and always on your behalf. … Continue reading
Something Big is Coming
How things change. A year ago the Midwest and Mississippi Basin were suffering the worst drought since 1956. Corn stalks were rapidly going brown and corn prices were rapidly going up. The next food crisis was imminent. We even wrote … Continue reading
