In the short term, the forecasts we find most credible call for a continuation of the present into the future. If things...

As has been stated before, some see demography as destiny. This is due to population growth being, along with productivity...

Currently, four tech firms have announced that over the next three years they intend to spend a collective $710 billion to...

Illegal immigration is very much in the news. The deportation of immigrants is a central focus of the Trump administration,...

Much of the financial press focuses on the largest companies. Indeed, the top ten stocks make up 37 percent of the value of...

Last Wednesday Congress passed legislation permitting organizations such as Walmart and Amazon to issue their own...

In the past month interest rates have been going up—a lot. Most of the action has occurred at the long end of the yield...

As we come to the end of the first 100 days of the Trump administration and look for clues for the remaining 1,360 days of...

Ever since the new administration was sworn in on January 20, there seems to be a rising tide of actions designed to...

There are various yardsticks used to estimate the direction of the stock market for a given year based on the performance...

As this paper is being written prior to the installation of the new administration, it was decided to focus on two aspects...

We are at this writing at record levels for most of the stock indexes. The line of greatest credibility for the forecasting...

At this writing Donald Trump has won the election and control of the Senate is now in republican hands. The House is still...

As we enter the final stretch for the presidential elections in November, all manner of datais being thrown around trying...

Last week the stock of Dollar General declined over 25 percent in one day. The reason was reported to be earnings that were...