December 2022 Newsletter
A Bit of Christmas Hope Based Upon Fundamental Evidence and Cyclicality The consensus view on Wall Street is that the Fed may raise interest rates well into 2023 and...
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News From the Front Lines of Investment Decision Making
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%. The depth of the bear...
November 2022 Newsletter
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 are signs of a bottoming...
Non-Embedded Inflation, Fed Actions and Market Pathology
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 policies the Federal Reserve acknowledged...
Sovereign Debt Levels, The World Bank, Food, Inflation, Recession and Confidence
Sovereign Debt Levels, The World Bank, Food, Inflation, Recession and Confidence By Vaughn Woods, CFP, MBA According to David Malpass, President of the World Bank, the world is moving...
September 2022
September Newsletter Much of what I write about has to do with economic cycles…for a reason. It affects everyone sooner or later and markets very quickly. So, let’s talk...