Aug 31, 2021

Sometimes, the weather report is the most important financial news. This goes especially for catastrophic storms which detrimentally impact economic activity. So, how will Ida affect the US economy? Will it be as bad as the winter storms in Texas earlier in the year? Also, why do businesses often get back to normal,...

Aug 25, 2021

Ever since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, the Federal government has flooded the world with debt and the Federal Reserve has gobbled it up. Currently, the Fed is buying up to $120 billion in debt securities each month with money that didn’t previously exist. Now that the financial system is flush with cash, if...

Aug 17, 2021

In this week’s Trading Perspectives, John and Sam discuss the recent happenings in Afghanistan, and try to make sense of one of the bigger black eyes the US has gotten in years. Are there any generational differences of opinion when assessing the debacle that has unfolded in Kabul? Are there any takeaways? Any lessons...

Aug 11, 2021

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy currently has over 10 million available jobs. Where are they? What kind of jobs are they? Why aren’t more people taking them? Is it really a good thing to have that many job openings? In this week’s Trading Perspectives, John and Sam analyze the current...

Aug 3, 2021

What if they threw an Olympics and no one cared? Although the games are comfortably winning their respective time slots, viewership is significantly lower in both absolute and relative terms compared to recent Summer Olympics. What are the reasons? Change in viewer behavior? Confusion about schedules? Lack of fans at...