Interest rates have risen steadily over the past six months but remain low by historical standards. That means the traditional high-quality bonds that many of us owned for decades are not doing the job for investors looking for income, while the pote

“One of the most helpful things that anybody can learn is to give up trying to catch the last eighth—or the first. These two are the most expensive eighths in the world.” –Jesse Livermore

Countless stock investors

A plethora of economic statistics exist that judge and measure economic progress and output.  Some measures are considered leading indicators in that they help predict or forecast future economic changes.  In addition, some are lagging by c

“Bulls make money, bears make money, and pigs get slaughtered.” Old Wall Street saying.

The Chinese New Year (often called the Lunar New Year) will kick off Friday, February 12, and with it will begin the Year of the Ox. Alth

The resilience of the US economy continues to exceed our expectations. With encouraging progress toward ending the pandemic, and massive fiscal stimulus in place—and more likely coming soon, our prior economic growth forecasts may prove overly

Negative yielding debt has been one of the most extraordinary and peculiar consequences of global monetary policy initiatives, turning the basic premise of fixed income investing upside down. Instead of one party lending another party money, and the

New Street View Video Delivers a Message in a Bottle

LPL Research Chief Investment Officer Burt White contends there is one metric above all others that may tell us how well the economy is doing. “Message In A Bottle” is ap

Index Performance

US and International Equities

This month provided mixed results for the major market indexes. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 ended the month lower. The Nasdaq Composite continued its run in

Stocks got off to a nice start in 2021, until the late January selloff, as everyone got GameStop fever. Should bulls worry about what a down January might mean for the rest of 2021?

There’s an old adage on Wall Street that suggests

“In the short term, the market is a popularity contest. In the long term, the market is a weighing machine.” -Warren Buffett

The incredible action from some of the most heavily shorted names has investors everywhere wondering