Robert Barone

The huge revisions to the May and June numbers (discussed below) caused President Trump to terminate the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Despite a clearly weakening economy, the equity markets continued on an upward path. For the week ended Friday, August 8 th , the Nasdaq advanced

Whenever the Fed Chairman gives a speech, there is always the possibility that it will move markets. That’s why such speeches are usually devoid of policy changes.

Friday was a down day for the major averages, and they closed the week slightly negative. But they closed out August significantly in the green

The Non-Farm Payroll numbers (NFP) spooked the equity markets on Friday with the DJIA off nearly -0.5% and the S&P by -0.3%.

Despite the Federal Government shutdown on Wednesday, the financial markets hit new all-time highs this week. The S&P 500, DJIA, and Russell 2000 all closed at new record highs on Friday (October 3

As the week ended, the equity markets sold off over trade issues with China. That country imposed a new “rare earths” export control policy...

Articles by Robert Barone

As seen from the table, the first week of November has given back much of the equity market’s October gains (all in the case of the small cap Russell 2000)

For the week (ended November 14), the major indexes were basically flat (see table), continuing the weakness seen so far in November.