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Forget the Trade War: The U.S. May Have Started a Tax-Cut Trend

The trade conflict is still underway; we just read this morning about the statement made by China’s vice president, Wang Qishan, criticizing the U.S. administration’s trade policies at Davos. We continue to believe that a deal will be reached in the near term on the disagreements that are easier to

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Market Summary for the Week of January 18, 2019.

 U.S. and World Outlook As we noted last week, the U.S. economy is still strong; the market fears that accompanied the sharp late-2018 correction are beginning to dissipate slightly, and investors are showing themselves willing to hunt for bargains.  Some stocks have obviously reset to more attractive price levels; we

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Teresa May’s Brexit Deal Defeated By Parliament — What Comes Next?

On Tuesday, 118 members of British Prime Minister Teresa May’s Conservative Party broke ranks and voted against her proposed deal for the UK to leave the European Union.  The deal was defeated 432 to 202, showcasing the profound dissatisfaction that UK lawmakers feel for the deal as it stands —

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Japan Defies Its “Demographic Destiny”

Japan Defies Its “Demographic Destiny” With a population that is among the world’s longest lived and least fertile, Japan has long been seen by analysts as a leading case study in the disaster that supposedly awaits advanced nations with aging populations.  That is, the economy will slow to a best-case

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What to watch for the week ending on January 11, 2019.

Executive Summary 1.  Trade deficits aren’t the big issue with China — fraud and theft are.  Some of the U.S. administration’s public comments on the trade conflict with China have focused on the trade deficit between the two countries.  Wall Street Journal contributor and former Chair of the Council of

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Market Summary For 2019

As we have done for decades, we are writing with our favorite global investments for 2019.  This prediction is for the first half of 2019.  If there is no world recession in 2019 and one is not expected for 2020, or if a good trade settlement is reached with China,

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Market Summary for the week of December 28, 2018

Market Summary We begin by wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2019. The U.S. stock market just concluded the worst week near the Christmas holidays in many years, and some stock market participants have been panicking. Then the economic news arrived yesterday morning.  Mastercard [NYSE:  MA] announced that holiday

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Market Summary for Week of December 17th, 2018

The U.S. Economy and Market Why has the U.S. market had such a hard time while the U.S. economy and U.S. corporate profits are so strong?  There are many ideas, but we believe the main causes of a weak U.S. market have been three: Trade fears; Fears that the U.S.

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Crypto Crooks: A Big Reason Why Cryptos Keep Declining

A report just issued by the Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI) concludes that 80% of the trading volume of the most significant cryptocurrency pairs consists of wash trades. A wash trade is one in which a malicious actor, human or machine, places both buy and sell orders in an attempt to

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World Economy and Trade: Where We Stand As We Close the Year

Since the February correction, the U.S. stock market in 2018 has struggled under two major psychological clouds: the risks posed by global trade conflicts, especially the trade relationship between the U.S. and China; and the end of the post-crisis era of ultra-low interest rates.   Escalating trade conflicts caused analysts to

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Biotech in 2019:  Gene Therapies, Cancer Immunotherapies, and mRNA

2018 has not been kind to many expensive stocks — that is, to those that trade at elevated price-to-earnings ratios.  The technology giants were the last to fall as the rolling correction finally reached them in October, and fall they did, with the Nasdaq 100 index down 16.3% between October

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