One of my favorite market breadth indicators remained in an extreme bearish reading through the end of last week, standing in stark contrast to growing optimism after last Wednesday’s sudden spike higher. Monday’s session saw the Bullish Percent Indexes cross above the crucial 30% level for both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100. While I remain skeptical of meaningful upside ...
Taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries remain a vulnerable issue for the Democratic Party that most voters oppose, according to a recent survey by the American Principles Project (APP) targeting likely midterm voters. ‘We wanted to help educate Americans, but mostly legislators, about where Americans or how Americans feel about funding for gender identity programs, specifically in healthcare services, especially in light ...
Adam N. Michel As Congress debates how to extend the expiring 2017 Trump tax cuts, a new poll from the Cato Institute suggests the American people support an approach that pairs tax relief with significant spending cuts. The House and Senate have passed a budget framework to make the 2017 tax cuts permanent, increase spending on immigration and defense, and, ...
Jeffrey A. Singer Last week, President Donald Trump told a National Republican Congressional Committee audience that he intends to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical products entering the United States soon. Finished pharmaceutical products and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are not subject to the tariffs imposed last week. He hopes to “re-shore” pharmaceutical manufacturing. American patients, already facing declining health care access ...
President Donald Trump on Monday once again reiterated that Iran must abandon any hope of obtaining a nuclear weapon as the U.S. prepares for more talks in less than a week. ‘Iran has to get rid of the concept of a nuclear weapon. They cannot have a nuclear weapon,’ Trump told reporters from the Oval Office while sitting alongside the ...
Police arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly sending threatening messages to director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and her husband. The DOJ announced the arrest of Aliakbar Mohammed Amin on Monday, saying he had sent threatening text messages to Gabbard between March 29 and April 1. The threats included Amin allegedly writing, ‘You and your family are going to die ...
Pete Marocco, the official who oversaw the dismantling of USAID, has now parted ways with the agency. Marocco, who served in the Defense, State and Commerce departments, was known as a conservative firebrand with a deep skepticism of foreign aid. His tenure sparked fierce protests on Capitol Hill and drew sharp criticism from Democrats, who celebrated his exit but said ...
Neal McCluskey Last month I wrote about creating an updated K‑12 productivity chart. The difficulty of any chart is balancing ease of understanding with accuracy and nuance, and that applies here. A major concern with the trial chart I produced was complication. It was not intuitive, especially using outcomes of high school seniors surpassing certain performance benchmarks. The goal was to ...
The market has been overvalued for some time but how overvalued is it? Today Carl brings his earnings chart to demonstrate how overvalued the market is right now. We have the final data for Q4 2024. The market continues to show high volatility but it did calm down somewhat Monday. Carl reviews the market charts you need to see going ...
In real estate investing, every deal has its moving parts. Leads flow in from different sources. Projects have deadlines and budgets. Closings require coordination. Teams need clear communication. And above all, investors need to make fast, informed decisions. Without a reliable system tying everything together, the business can quickly become overwhelming. That’s why many real estate professionals now turn to ...