October 3rd, 2025
Stocks are shrugging off concerns over the US government shutdown that began this week. This can continue as long as the shutdown doesn’t last too long, but after a couple of weeks investors may become nervous. Markets are essentially “flying…
September 19th, 2025
A common question lately is, “Why does the stock market keep going up if the economy is slowing down?” No doubt part of it is the boom of artificial intelligence (AI), but it’s more than just that. Let’s start with…
September 5th, 2025
The markets received some key data Friday morning as the August jobs report was released. It showed that the US economy created fewer jobs than expected – just 22,000 versus a forecast of 75,000. This is a continuation of a…