Nationwide Financial

AUGUST 7, 2024

This was the highest level for the volatility index since the early days of the pandemic, as signs of a slowing economy and a rapid unloading of “carry trades” spread fear among market participants. stock markets opened on August 5, the VIX spiked to an intraday high of 65.

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Meb Faber Research

JULY 20, 2025

At around 25% of the total, or approximately $30 trillion, the US is the world’s dominant economy. Turns out India and China are pretty big economies too, and emerging markets hold about 80% of world population. But if you were to guess just how much of the total the US represents, likely you’d be wrong.

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Trade Brains

JULY 14, 2025

Asia’s third-largest economy is rapidly becoming a safe harbour for digital assets. Firstly, it legally recognised cryptocurrencies as payment methods back in 2017. It positions India not just as a participant but as a future global crypto leader driving financial and economic growth.

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The Big Picture

JULY 1, 2025

Bachelor’s in economics and a BS in computer science from Wellesley in Boston and then an MBA from Harvard Business School. So it was Pascal then c plus plus, and then I took an economics class and that’s when the lights went off because it was a very mathematical field in many ways, but also with a link to the Rio economy.

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Carson Wealth

JANUARY 21, 2025

Those high rates arent good for some important areas of the economy, but they do have their upside for savers. in 2016 2017, but 4.0% In 2016 2017 Trumps election was seen as a major boon to smaller businesses and cyclical sectors of the economy leading up to inauguration. First, the S&P 500 has climbed higher.

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Investing Caffeine

MAY 1, 2025

Issues are More Gray Than Black or White Journalists – most of whom have little investing experience – like to authoritatively paint economic issues in black-or-white terms. COVID-19 Pandemic (2020) With over 3 million deaths worldwide and a grinding halt to the global economy, markets initially fell roughly -35%.

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Harness Wealth

MAY 2, 2025

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)the 2017 tax code overhaul designed to boost economic growthis set to expire on December 31, 2025. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 was a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. How will the 2026 tax brackets be affected if the TCJA expires? tax-paying arena.

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Dear Mr. Market

MARCH 6, 2025

The misunderstood villain of the economic world, blamed for everything from rising grocery bills to why Uncle Bobs imported car parts now cost a fortune. Here are the annual returns for the S&P 500 Index during Trumps first term: 2017 : +21.9% industries, and led to increased prices for goods and services across the economy.

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Bell Investment Advisors

JUNE 27, 2025

From Policy to Portfolio: The Economic Impact of Tariffs On Thursday, June 26 th at 12pm Pacific Time, Financial Advisor Laurent Harrison, CFP® joined Bell Portfolio Manager Ryan Kelley, CFA® for a 45-minute webinar that covered the following topics: Financial Market Returns The U.S. and global economic events. Slide 7: U.S.

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Carson Wealth

JULY 14, 2025

If you look just at the end point, it looks like a perfectly ordinary year for markets in an economic expansion so far, but we know it’s been anything but. Smoot Hawley may have had the right intention—protect American businesses during a period of economic decline.

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Carson Wealth

JULY 7, 2025

The economy has created 782,000 jobs over the first six months of the year, versus 985,000 over the first six months of 2024 and 1.5 One difference is that immigration has really slowed this year and so the economy needs fewer jobs to keep up with population growth. There are any number of issues under the hood. in December 2024.

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Carson Wealth

JULY 11, 2025

One of the opportunities we highlighted early in the year in our 2025 Outlook was a big tax bill that boosted corporate profits, similar to 2017. Rising Deficits Have Boosted Profits in the Past Over the long run, market returns are mostly driven by profit growth, which depends on the economy. increases profits.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The transcript from this weeks, MiB: Apollo’s Torsten Slok on the US Economy & Trump 2.0 , is below. You know, most of the economists that you’re probably familiar with haven’t really had a good handle on the state of the economy over the past couple of years. WA was the career plan, always economics and finance.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 17, 2025

Professor Stephanie Kelton teaches Public Policy and Economics at SUNY Stony Brook. You get a bachelor’s, a BA and a BS in Economics and Business at California Sacramento, then University of Cambridge, master’s in Philosophy and Economics, then a PhD in economics at the New School. I happened to pick that one.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Economy : For the second time, President Trump inherited a robust economy from his predecessor. we have enjoyed a resilient, surprisingly strong economy characterized by full employment, strong wages, and robust spending. Economically speaking, America is already great. presents very different set of potential outcomes.

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Carson Wealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The tariff policy of the Trump administration should be viewed as an economic and market risk, with some potential negative impact on inflation, interest rates, the dollar (stronger), and the path of rate cuts. Trade makes up ~ 70% of both economies GDP. Whereas exports are not a significant piece of the US economy.

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Calculated Risk

APRIL 1, 2025

After the election in November 2016, I pointed out that the economy was solid, that there were significant economic tailwinds and that it was unlikely that Mr. Trump would do everything he said during the campaign. I was pretty optimistic on the economic outlook! The tariffs are clearly negative for economic growth.

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Harness Wealth

APRIL 11, 2025

Budget Reconciliation: Tracking the 2025 Trump Tax Cuts By Tax Foundation Extending the expiring 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) would decrease federal tax revenue by $4.5 percent, as some of the benefits of the tax cuts and larger economy go to foreigners in the form of higher interest payments on the debt. You can find it here.

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Trade Brains

JULY 15, 2025

Although this might seem far-fetched, several strong economic and structural factors support this possibility. increased its M2 money supply by 38% to combat the economic impact of the pandemic. Rate cuts tend to inject more liquidity into the economy, making riskier assets like Bitcoin more attractive. crore by the end of 2025.

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The Better Letter

JULY 19, 2025

In a tough economy, a guy in his 50s without a high school diploma has it especially tough. AI surely has the potential to disrupt and reorder economic, cultural, and political life. But in the economy, and elsewhere, “it’s not a normal distribution. He became a school janitor for the remainder of his working life.

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Calculated Risk

JANUARY 10, 2024

Earlier I posted some questions on my blog for next year: Ten Economic Questions for 2024. 2) Employment: Through November 2023, the economy added 2.6 2) Employment: Through November 2023, the economy added 2.6 Or will the economy lose jobs? Or will the economy lose jobs? million jobs in 2023. million jobs in 2023.

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Calculated Risk

DECEMBER 26, 2022

At the end of each year, I post Ten Economic Questions for the following year (2022). As an example, when the pandemic hit, I switched from being mostly positive on the economy to calling a recession in early March 2020. However, it seems unlikely that inventory will be back up to the 2017 - 2019 levels. This was correct.

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Calculated Risk

JANUARY 13, 2023

Earlier I posted some questions on my blog for next year: Ten Economic Questions for 2023. 1) Economic growth: Economic growth was probably close to 1% in 2022 as the economy slowed following the economic rebound in 2021. How much will the economy grow in 2023? The FOMC is expecting growth of just 0.4%

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Calculated Risk

JANUARY 10, 2024

Earlier I posted some questions on my blog for this year: Ten Economic Questions for 2024. 1) Economic growth: Economic growth was probably close to 2.6% How much will the economy grow in 2024? An exception for this data series was the mid '60s when the Vietnam buildup kept the economy out of recession.

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Abnormal Returns

JUNE 9, 2024

wsj.com) Policy What happens if the 2017 tax cuts lapse. wsj.com) Investing in ports has positive spillover economic effects. papers.ssrn.com) Economy Signs that the bottom 50% of the income spectrum have done well post-pandemic. wsj.com) The economic schedule for the coming week.

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Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 1, 2023

theatlantic.com) Policy Per the IRS, nearly 1,000 tax filers who earn more than $1 million per year have still not filed federal tax returns for at least one year from 2017 to 2020. economist.com) Economy Q3 GDP tracking around 3%. stlouisfed.org) The economic schedule for the coming week.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2022

When we look at the past century, we can see decades-long eras where the economy is generally robust, supporting markets trending higher, with expanding multiples. The alternate periods of time are Secular Bear Markets: The economy is fraught with weakness, poor consumer spending, and negative job growth. Not So Fast (April 3, 2020).

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Almanac Trader ) • This Time Really Is Different for the Economy. Barron’s ) • What China’s economic problems mean for the world : There is a saying that when the United States sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. Market calamities can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, so stay on the lookout.

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The Big Picture

JULY 27, 2022

I have detailed over the past decade or so the lagging nature of wages in America — deflationary in economic terms — and how that had begun to change in the late 2010s pre-pandemic. This attests to the robustness of the labor economy, recession or not. Then came the pandemic, and a huge federal worker subsidy.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 28, 2024

2020: Covid : With the economy closed, people locked down, and local businesses crashing, many were expecting a replay of the previous market crash. The latest plot line was simply the animal spirits have been awoken and they have run amok and that’s how we have avoided an economic contraction.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 28, 2023

New York Times ) • How creators became an economic juggernaut and the new American Dream : Millions have ditched traditional career paths to work as online creators and content-makers, using their computers and phones to amass followers and build businesses whose influence now rivals the biggest names in entertainment, news and politics.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The Equity Beat: Can the Swift Economy Remain on Stage? economic impact of the Eras tour at close to $5 billion. economy afloat this summer! Gilmore published an article in the Harvard Business Review titled, “Welcome to the Experience Economy”. cities over the past few months. In 1998, co-authors and economists B.

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Carson Wealth

JULY 24, 2023

economy has accelerated over the past year, defying calls of recession amid the Fed’s aggressive rate hikes. This is the longest win streak since September 2017. The last time the Dow got to 10 wins in a row was August 2017. Right now, it says the economy grew 2.4% Recent data suggest a major slowdown is not in the cards.

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Brown Advisory

DECEMBER 4, 2017

2017 Year-End Planning Letter. Mon, 12/04/2017 - 13:10. He notes that in the 1980s, there was a dire need to jumpstart a moribund economy, and the administration was able to mobilize bipartisan cooperation to enact reform. We are closing 2017 with nearly the same stance as last year. Since last year’s U.S.

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Carson Wealth

OCTOBER 30, 2023

While economic growth may have peaked in the third quarter, we expect the economy to remain supportive. With the economy on firm footing and sentiment turning pessimistic, we remain optimistic a significant year-end rally is still possible. The Energizer Bunny Economy You just can’t put this economy down.

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Carson Wealth

JANUARY 29, 2024

In 2022, positive economic data typically led to a sell-off in the stock market, and weak data often led to a rally. Strong economic growth and better data should be viewed positively, as it shows the economy isn’t falling into a recession. The economy ran above trend last year, despite high interest rates.

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Carson Wealth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The economy continues to surprise to the upside, as we will discuss more below. With earnings hitting new highs and the economy continuing to expand, it’s no wonder stocks have hit 42 new all-time highs in 2024. That’s because in the US, a recession is officially “dated” by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).

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