by Ted Bauman | Oct 5, 2021 | Bauman Daily, Bond Yields, COVID-19, Evergrande, Investing, Market Volatility, Treasury, U.S. Economy, Volatilility
Predicting the future direction of the stock market is a damned if you do, damned if you don’t proposition. That’s why some analysts avoid it altogether. They say you can safely ignore the ups and downs of an index like the S&P 500. Others say that predicting...
by Ted Bauman | Sep 17, 2021 | Bauman Daily, COVID-19, Inflation, Investing, Materials, Supply Demand, U.S. Economy
Shortages in physical goods are everywhere. We’re already hearing warnings that the limited number of ocean shipping containers will make holiday shopping difficult this year. Lack of materials is hurting homebuilders. The price of beef is rising because there just...
by Clinton Lee | Aug 4, 2021 | Automation, Bauman Daily, COVID-19, ETF, Investment Opportunities, Labor, U.S. Economy
I will remember 2021 for a lot of things, or maybe a lack of things. That’s because shortages are plaguing many industries on a global scale. Cars, computers, microwaves, houses … the list goes on. Part of the blame falls on efforts to create lean supply chains...
by Angela Jirau | Jul 26, 2021 | banking, Bauman Daily, COVID-19, ETF, ETFs, Federal Reserve, Investing, Investment Opportunities, U.S. Economy
This year’s big theme in the stock market? Well, there isn’t one! As soon as you think the market is moving one way, it changes to another. Ted has said many times that external factors, such as COVID-19, the Federal Reserve and politics, drive the market....
by Angela Jirau | Apr 26, 2021 | Banks, Bauman Daily, COVID-19, Economy, Financial Sector, Income, Investing, Investment Opportunities, Stimulus, Stocks, Trading Strategies, U.S. Economy, Wall Street, Wealth Protection
So far, the U.S. government has spent $5.3 trillion to help manage the pandemic and boost the economy. But as Ted Bauman and Clint Lee explain in today’s Your Money Matters, much of that money is stuck in the financial sector’s “whirlpool,” which means it’s not...
by Ted Bauman | Apr 23, 2021 | Bauman Daily, COVID-19, Economy, Income, Investing, Investment Opportunities, Investments, Recovery Trade, Stock Market, Stocks, U.S. Economy
Look at this chart… It shows the percentage of U.S. adults who’ve not yet received a vaccine but who would be keen to get one as soon as they possibly could. That number has fallen. The percentage of those who say they don’t want the vaccine at all has risen...
