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Media is warning that markets are being too complacent about factoring in the risk that coronavirus poses to the global economy. The reported number of cases has already outpaced expectations and it is a major suspicion of news agencies that China has been dramatically underreporting actual figures. Nevertheless, U.S. stock indexes have continued to reach

It was reported this week that a United States postal worker was caught with a public storage unit full of mail that he never delivered. Jason Delacruz pleaded guilty in August of 2019, to charges of delaying mail delivery to residents in Chesapeake, Virginia. He is scheduled to be sentenced on February 12, 2020. When

In its recently released, biannual, Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report, the World Bank issued a warning that the current debt wave (the 4th in the past 50 years) is the largest, fastest-growing and most broad-based. It shows that in 2018, the total debt in “Emerging Markets and Developing Economies” rose to almost 170% of GDP.

The U.S. killing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard leader, Qassem Soleimani, blindsided almost everyone, but it puts Europe squarely in the crosshairs for retaliation by association and they are ill-equipped to handle it. As the UK continues to pursue an exit from the EU, the remaining monetary union remains divided. The major economic shock that may

This time last year, chances are good you were sitting on a loss in your portfolio.  By itself, last December was the worst month for the stock market in nearly ninety years. The S&P was down 14% and the DJIA was down 15%. Since we closed out last year, we’ve managed the melt-up everyone was

As volatile as the stock market has been so far this year, as we approach the end, it appears we may be in for one last economic surge. Michael Wilson, Chief U.S. Strategist with Morgan Stanley, is suggesting that accommodative central banks, providing fresh liquidity to already buoyant markets, combined with easing Brexit uncertainty, and