President-elect Trump nominated former NFL player Scott Turner as the secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Turner, who is chair of the Center for Education Opportunity, previously served as executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC). ‘Scott is an NFL Veteran, who, during my First Term, served as the First Executive Director ...

President-elect Trump has nominated Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as surgeon general. In a statement on Friday evening, Trump said that Dr. Nesheiwat is a ‘fierce advocate and strong communicator for preventative medicine and public health.’ ‘I am proud to announce that Dr. Janette Nesheiwat will be the Nation’s Doctor as the United States Surgeon General. Dr. Nesheiwat is a double board-certified ...

President-elect Trump announced on Friday he is nominating Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., for secretary of labor.  ‘I am proud to hereby nominate Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer, from the Great State of Oregon, as United States Secretary of Labor,’ Trump wrote in an official statement. ‘Lori has worked tirelessly with both Business and Labor to build America’s workforce, and support the hardworking ...

President-elect Trump announced that former Rep. Dr. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., is his pick as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ‘In addition to being a Medical Doctor for 40 years, and an Army Veteran, Dave has been a respected conservative leader on fiscal and social issues, and served on the Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, working for ...

In this StockCharts TV video, Mary Ellen reviews the broad-based rally that pushed the Equal-Weighted SPX to new highs. She also shared base breakouts and downtrend reversal candidates in the now hot Retail space, and takes a close look at 3 old school stocks that are seeing AI-related growth. This video originally premiered November 22, 2024. You can watch it on our ...

President-elect Trump will take office just as Iran has the potential to become the world’s 10th nuclear-armed state, and it’s unclear if either side knows how it will approach the other.  Judging by Trump’s last time in office, it would suggest he would come out the gate with a combative tone — having instituted a ‘maximum pressure’ campaign to ‘bankrupt’ ...

The last full trading week before the Thanksgiving holiday has ended on a positive note. Following up on yesterday’s blog post, the S&P 500 Equal Weighted Index ($SPXEW) has continued to outperform the S&P 500’s price action and hit a new all-time high. Similarly, the Nasdaq 100 Equal Weighted Index ($NDXE) is close to its all-time high (0.10% away from ...

I’ve always found technical analysis to be a fantastic history lesson for the markets. If you want to consider how the current conditions relate to previous market cycles, just compare the charts; you’ll usually have a pretty good starting point for the discussion. As we near the end of an incredibly bullish year for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, I’m seeing ...

President-elect Donald Trump tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday to head up the U.S. Department of Justice in his second term—a swift decision but one met with little surprise among many in Trump’s orbit. That’s because Bondi, 59, has emerged as a close ally of the president-elect in recent years—including defending him in his impeachment proceedings, and ...

Marc Joffe and Krit Chanwong Federal reforms in 2025 may give states both the flexibility and incentives they need to rein in spiraling Medicaid costs. As we discussed in a February 2024 Cato Policy Analysis, the Biden administration gave states few opportunities to improve the cost-effectiveness of their Medicaid programs, but this is likely to change under the second Trump ...