Early Birds, Worms or Warnings? This week’s column is going to cover two topics that are completely unrelated, except for the fact that both have made headlines this week and are worth watching for investors. We couldn’t choose a favorite so we’re doing both. First up: bank earnings. Third quarter earnings season kicked off with…Read more
Still Spending Americans continue to spend their hard-earned dollars – irrespective of high prices all around them. And that’s good news for the U.S. economy. U.S. retail sales increased by 0.4% in September, according to the Census Bureau. This may sound like a tiny change, but in the world of retail sales data, it was…Read more
Health Care Outpacing Pay Wage growth in the U.S. has picked up the pace in the years since the pandemic (even if it may not have felt like that for all Americans between high prices and elevated interest rates). But even though inflation has come off of its highs, there’s a new challenge on the…Read more
