1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (36+ words) The number on your bank statement is going up. The actual value of your money is going down. Here is the math nobody explains clearly. Open your banking app …...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (438+ words) TD Securities projects the August Consumer Price Index will show price declines in goods subject to tariffs. The bank expects a drop in core goods to keep core inflation at a 0.19% month-over-month increase. Core Goods and Tariffs The primary driver…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (415+ words) Strategists flag seasonal weakness and election volatility as near-term headwinds, even as the firm holds a bullish 12-month target for the S&P 500 Wall Street’s pre-election jitters are starting to show up in research notes. RBC Capital Markets strategists, led…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (320+ words) Rising Costs: What’s to blame? mecep.org Blogs Rising Costs: What’s to blame? The average Maine household paid about $3,900 more for goods and services since January 2025. What’s driving the increase? - Gas is over $4/gal and heating oil is up to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (742+ words) Federal Reserve Governor Christopher J. Waller’s recent remarks underscore this tension. While he expressed openness to holding rates steady if inflation continues to ease, the unexpectedly strong jobs data complicates that outlook. The Fed now faces a balancing act: tightening enough…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (295+ words) The Federal Reserve's Beige Book, released on the 2nd, revealed that U.S. economic activity overall increased slightly since early July. Ten of the 12 districts reported "slight" to "modest" expansion, while the remaining 2 districts were flat. Manufacturing showed signs of recovery in most…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (414+ words) As of this week, my Cabot Insider Edge portfolio was up 17.35% since inception on June 10, 2026, compared to 4.56% for the S&P 500 exchange-traded fund (SPY), despite the headwind of a cash position. Six of the positions were up double digits. Three…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (301+ words) The revised data, released at 8:30 a.m. ET, indicated that core CPI for Q1 2026 was 0.1 percentage point higher than previously estimated. While such revisions are routine, they often influence the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook. However, market participants largely brushed off the adjustment, viewing…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (549+ words) Banks California Canada CRE, the Epic Mess Credit Bubble Debtor Nation Drunken Sailors Europe Federal Reserve Housing Bubble 2 Inflation & Devaluation Japan Jobs Markets & Companies Oil, Gas, Power Trucks & Cars Trade & Transportation The core PCE price index – which excludes energy and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (755+ words) The reading is not ambiguous, because the statisticians found no additional output in the quarter and found that the output already counted cost more than first estimated. The whole revision landed in the deflator. A 0.3pp upward move in quarterly core…...