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QE fundamentally changed finance. The Fed's COVID crisis leap into corporate debt has wielded further profound impacts on corporate credit - yields, prices and issuance.

U.S. nonfarm payrolls posted a fourth monthly gain in August, adding 1.4 million jobs following a 1.7 million rise in July, a 4.8 million surge in June, and a 2.7 million gain in May.

Unpacking the August U.S. jobs report.

This commentary has been updated to include this morning's (Sept. 4) release of Nonfarm Employment.

Today's 3.5% drop was a big deal. It was the 71st worst out of 17,783 trading days since 1950.

The idea that buying growth stocks at any price is the prudent thing stems from the idea that you can't earn much in bonds, so you must buy stocks.

This old maxim has been around so long, it has spooked investors into selling in September. Of course, Thursday's market action did not do anything to engender confidence.

Is it going to be inflation or deflation? The two schools of thought are poles apart in their thesis of what effect central bank interventions will have.

This is a weekly series focused on analyzing the previous week’s economic data releases. The objective is to concentrate on leading indicators of economic activity to determine whether the economy i

The S&P 500 share index has gained around 50% from its March 23 low of 2237, although the sharpest appreciation was already realized by June.

Six of eight indexes on our world watch list posted losses through August 31, 2020. The top performer is China's Shanghai with a gain of 11.33%.

Dr. David Kelly said that he was expecting a 13%-15% Q3 '20 GDP growth rate, after the expected sharp collapse in Q2 '20.

During the past couple of months, I discussed why the 35% decline in March was only a correction and not a bear market.

The world still remains mired in a COVID-vaccine-is-coming holding pattern while the Federal Reserve and US Treasury continue to prop-up stocks, bonds, and hard assets with very low interest rate poli

Fed Chair Jay Powell announced a new inflation target policy that allows for inflation to rise moderately over its 2% target for a period of time.