Fasten Your Seat Belt: 2025 Will Be a Turbulent Year

There are various yardsticks used to estimate the direction of the stock market for a given year based on the performance of the stock market in January. Some people take the first ten trading days as direction. Others use the entire month.Mark Hulbert has been...

The Connection Between Tariffs and Immigration

As this paper is being written prior to the installation of the new administration, it was decided to focus on two aspects of the Trump philosophy: tariffs and immigration. Most people, to the extent they understand either topic, do not connect with them. They are...

2025 Fearless Forecast: Rock and Roll Time

We are at this writing at record levels for most of the stock indexes. The line of greatest credibility for the forecasting profession is to predict an extension of this trend into the future. If only it were so easy. The first year of a presidential term is usually...