Wage inflation is occurring just as the Fed predicted and desired
Neel Kashkari, Minneapolis Fed President, stated in a speech on 9 January at Cargill University that the Fed was targeting lower...
The Fed and other central banks are making it rain $$ - what could go wrong?
As Janet Yellen attends her final meetings this week as the Federal Reserve Chairperson, economic conditions around the world seem to be...
Will real estate prices continue to rise?
Real estate prices are surging across the country, but will that trend continue? Based on several factors, I believe that will be the...
Another day, Another historic Stock Market milestone
The stock market has been going up like a rocket, setting new all-time highs as a weekly, and sometimes daily, occurrence. What is the...
Unemployment and Inflation - Where does it go from here?
The labor market is tight and unemployment numbers are at almost a 20-year low. This means that competition for labor resources is tight,...
2017 Year-end summary and a 2018 projection
2017 was an incredible year: we saw stock market valuations and indexes at all-time highs, a continuing rebound in real estate prices,...
Playing chicken in the stock market
Just like any other market of buyers and sellers, the stock market has winners and losers. The winners are the people who get the best...
Will energy prices rise enough to put pressure on inflation?
Jason Schenker, writing an opinion for Bloomberg View, states that oil and gas prices are set to rise in 2018, due to OPEC setting oil...
What effect will tax reform have on Business?
In its current form, the proposed tax law changes should reduce costs and increase profit. This is because the highest corporate tax...
What effect will the proposed tax law changes have on Real Estate?
Tax law changes can have a significant effect on real estate prices. As I wrote in What’s Next for the Economy, the 401(k) tax law change...
