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Remembering 41. As the Nation and the financial markets pause to mourn the loss of President George H. W. Bush, I thought this would be a good day to reflect on his presidency from the perspective of the financial markets. Bush certainly inherited his fair share of challenges on both the political...

Give peace a chance. The so-called truce between the US and China had traders in stocks, bonds, and crude betting that better things will come. As reported here yesterday the 90 day truce, which included several “potential” concessions by the Chinese and a pledge by the US Administration to hold...

Dinner is a winner!? Stocks surged on the heals of continued Fed happiness and reports surfacing that a deal for China was prepped and ready. All major equity indices traded up late in Friday’s session ending November on a positive note. The move represented a convergence of positive drivers, chief...

Calm before the storm. Market’s traded off slightly in a bumpy day of trade where numbers didn’t matter but tarmac talk saved the day. Markets started the day soft, trading to session lows by mid morning largely ignoring economic numbers that suggested that inflation was slightly lower than...

Ease to please! It was a Fed-head fiesta as markets roared upward yesterday in response to the Fed Chairman’s ever-so-slightly dovish speech in the largest positive move since earlier in the year. Markets began yesterday’s session with a positive posture ahead of what might have been a...

Chop to the top. In a choppy day of trade equities ended up in the positive with a little help from an Administration advisor and no surprises from Fed speakers. As reported yesterday morning, President Trump not only stated that he would allow the second set of tariffs to kick in on Jan. 1, but...