by Ted Bauman | Jan 19, 2021 | Bauman Daily, Federal Reserve, Inflation, Stocks, U.S. Economy
Once upon a time, parents told their children scary stories at bedtime to get them to behave. Mine wielded Maurice Sendak’s incomparable Where the Wild Things Are (although I found it more exciting than frightening). What scary stories does the stock market tell...
by Ted Bauman | Jan 15, 2021 | Bauman Daily, Federal Reserve, Inflation, Stocks, U.S. Economy
Wall Street has good reason to worry that rising inflation could send stock prices tumbling. Higher prices in the real economy are inherently bad for the stock market. And — as I show using charts drawn from a recent article by Lyn Alden Schwartzer — three converging...
by Clinton Lee | Jan 13, 2021 | Bauman Daily, Cannabis, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Investing, Stocks, Tesla
By now, you’ve probably read countless predictions about what will happen in 2021. And you’ve likely noticed similar themes for what will transpire in the year ahead. That’s because most analysts don’t stray too far from the herd. After all, nothing is worse than...
by Ted Bauman | Dec 29, 2020 | Bauman Daily, Corporate Earnings, Federal Reserve, Investing, Stocks
Normally, predicting the economy is easier than picking winning stocks. Economic indicators like the purchasing managers’ index are pretty reliable, while individual companies can generate all sorts of surprises. In 2020, the pattern reversed. Successfully predicting...
by Clinton Lee | Dec 28, 2020 | Bauman Daily, Federal Reserve, Infrastructure, Investing, Quantitative Easing, Renewable Energy, Stocks
Of course, we couldn’t escape 2020 without one, final plot twist… The coronavirus has mutated to a more transmissible variant. Naturally, everyone started to wonder if the vaccines would still be effective … if they would offer the same amount of protection as...
by Angela Jirau | Dec 21, 2020 | Bauman Daily, Bitcoin, Federal Reserve, Investing, Momentum Stocks, Precious Metals, Silver, Stocks
Bitcoin’s monumental surge went into overdrive last week, jumping 25% in just a few days. What’s behind the incredible advance that topped off a monster, months-long rally? The latest catalyst might surprise you. And that same development has also pushed huge sums of...