Hard hitting global and local news
California wants higher property taxes. Illinois wants income taxes. Both may get their wishes.
Existing home sales rose in October. Economists expect the bounce to continue, but data says it’s unlikely.
The number of US Treasury bond inversions took a big leap today. I count 5 inversions, three of them with…
Trump makes wild threats today about the wall. Apparently, he is even ready to cancel his new trade deal with…
High yield credit spreads to 10-Year Treasury yields continue to rise.
Transportation is humming according to the US Bureau of Transportation. The Dow transportation index is another matter.
The Median Fed projection at the Dec FOMC meeting was 2 more hikes in 2019. In September it was 3.…
From December 16 through December 23, cryptos staged a big rally. It didn’t continue.
Trump’s government shutdown will kill a number of economic reports starting with new home sales.
Here’s a true story of one gold coin, a 50 Pesos gold coin like that pictured above.