In the last few weeks, stock prices corrected by as much as 12.5%. As of today’s close, stock prices are about 5% lower than the January 3rd all-time high. A correction in stock prices may still be under way, as Russia threatens the modern world’s geopolitical framework by invading Ukraine, and the U.S. Federal Reserve just ... READ MORE

In 2021, the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index, with dividends reinvested, returned an astonishing 26.9%! Who could have predicted it? Who could have predicted that, despite the second year of a pandemic … Watch This Week's Video Series

Commodity prices recently hit a record high while initial unemployment claims plunged, causing Yardeni Research's Boom-Bust Barometer to go parabolic. Shown here since 1966, the boom-bust barometer, went bust when Covid hit the U.S. in Feburary 2020 but in March 2020 when the recovery began, it soared! and it in recent months soared faster and higher than ever before! Watch this Week's Video Series

The stock market has been more volatile in recent weeks, amid a rising tide of bad news on inflation, the Omicron variant, and job-creation, but key economic fundamentals are booming, and a hidden treasure of capitalism may slowly be making its way to the surface. Watch This Week's Video Series

With the Omicron variant breaking news this week, expect market volatility but also keep in mind that does is not mean the Covid-19 bull market is over. Stocks declined sharply right after Thanksgiving, when news hit of the Omicron virus variant, and the variant’s characteristics – its transmissibility, resistance to vaccines, and treatability -- are likely to be in the headlines this week again, which means even more volatility ... Watch This Week's Video Series

Here are 21 crises that occurred since 1957 charted against the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, a benchmark of the stock market and proxy for measuring the progress and strength of the United States. READ MORE

Is the man on the ladder going up or down? The answer depends on your perspective. Some people see the person going down; others see the man going up. Investing is the same kind of thing. How you perceive what’s happening now determines whether you make an investment, whether you think an investment is going up or going down. Watch this week's video

Despite the Delta variant, inflation fears, supply chain disruptions, and uncertainty in Washington on spending and tax policies, the economic recovery from the pandemic meltdown remains intact. Read this weeks newsletter

Why do we share this chart with you every month? Because the index of U.S. Leading Economic Indicators has plunged before every recession in modern history except for the Covid recession, and a bear market in stocks has been triggered by every recession in modern history except for the crash of 1987. Watch this weeks video

Fears of a China financial contagion infecting the global economy caused a plunge in the U.S. stock market on Monday, but the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index recovered and closed with a one-half of 1% weekly gain. Read this week's newsletter

There’s a new paradigm in valuing stocks and bonds. With 10-year Treasury bonds currently yielding 1.78%, after inflation, and bonds priced ... Watch this week's video

For the first time in 40 years, federal taxes on your income and transfers of your wealth are heading higher. The once-in-a generation turning point in tax policy elevates the importance of the usually droll task of year-end planning in 2021. Watch this week's video

In the aftermath of the tragic loss of 13 American soldiers and the heartbreaking coda to a 20-year war in Afghanistan, the American psyche hit a low point, but the terrible truth of investing is that this, too, shall pass Watch this week's video

Tax laws and estate planning might bore you to death, but this 90-second tip,ironically, could make a life-changing financial difference to widows, children, disabled and chronically ill individuals Watch this week's video