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The Markets

Economists like to joke that inflation is just right when no one notices it.

Last week, investors noticed it. The Consumer Price Index (CPI)

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Feeling bullish…

Investor bullishness ticked higher last week on all four investor sentiment gauges tracked by Barron’s. Investor optimism may

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The road to recovery is slow and bumpy.

Last week, we learned that economic growth slowed in the third quarter as a new wave of COVID-19

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It’s MESSI!

No, this commentary is not about Lionel Messi, the Argentine soccer phenom who is widely regarded one of the greatest footballers

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Don’t get spooked!

Barron’s Big Money Poll is an exclusive survey of market sentiment among professional investors. Last week, Nicholas

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The word “jouncy” may have started life as a combination of bouncy and jolting – and it’s a pretty good way to describe what happened to stock

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September strikes again…

If you look back over the last 20 years, September has been the worst-performing month for the Standard & Poor’s 500

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Central banks have a lot of influence on investors, markets, and economies.

For the last year or so, the Federal Reserve has been purchasing

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In recent weeks, bullish sentiment has drifted lower like sediment settling after a storm. 

Every month, Bank of America (BofA) surveys global

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September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. What does that exactly mean? Most Life Insurance Awareness Month Campaigns tend to focus on that American’s are

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The Delta variant could take a toll on economic growth.

There was some good news last week. The 7-day moving average of COVID-19 cases in the

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The Markets

Stagflation isn’t trending, but it was mentioned in quite a few headlines last week.

Stagflation is a portmanteau of ‘stagnation’ and

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