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Economic Cycle News Are we approaching the best or worst time to invest? By Vaughn Woods, CFP, MBA   Reminders of the Relationship Between Rates

Inflation, Risk, Reward, and the Transfer Mechanism Effect   Good news.  Inflation is slowing…slowly. Will slowly turn into too slowly? The data-dependent stock market has

Our Heterodox Presidential Administration and Recession President Joe Biden and his administration have immense power to influence the economy. Therefore, as is the case with

Accounting for the Wrong Test Stress Testing, Statistical Data, Confidence and Monitoring And now another shoe drops. First Republic Bank no longer inspires confidence. So

The End of Savings Safety and the Beginning of Economic Understanding Includes a Fun Assignment   When it comes to investing your hard-earned money for

Suddenly Safety Money is Risky   Common sense isn’t always so easy to come by, and when it comes to national spending, we often must

A Study of Two Eds and Their Varied Prediction of the Economic Cycle With an introductory paragraph on The Current War to Halt Inflation  

Hedging in a Changing World The world is witnessing a great power conflict between the United States and China. The winner of the conflict, especially

A Bit of Christmas Hope Based Upon Fundamental Evidence and Cyclicality   The consensus view on Wall Street is that the Fed may raise interest

News From the Front Lines of Investment Decision Making By Vaughn Woods, CFP, MBA   By mid-2022, bond sellers outstripped bond buyers 62% to 38%.

Group Think By Vaughn Woods, CFP, MBA A new bull market is often seen as a sign of economic recovery and renewed confidence. And there

The Recent Past Remember the great recession of 2008? Well, after almost a decade of supporting the securities markets (stocks and bonds) with independent monetary