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MMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING FEBRUARY 10, 2025
February 7, 2025
Listen on Spotify, Apple, and Amazon Watch on YouTube REVIEW The U.S. economy added 143,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate edged down to 4%….. The gain in jobs marked a drop from November and December and was less than the 169,000 jobs that economists had expected for January, according to a Wall...
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February 2, 2025
Listen on Spotify, Apple, and Amazon Watch on YouTube REVIEW President Trump’s self-imposed Feb. 1 deadline for a first round of tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China looms in just hours as economic observers and world leaders try to plan amid the uncertainty. On Thursday afternoon, Trump reiterated his plans to put a 25%...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY 27, 2025
January 24, 2025
Listen on Spotify, Apple, and Amazon Watch on YouTube REVIEW The S&P 500 closed lower after hitting new records on Friday, as investors took some profit to end a solid week centered on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House…. Despite Friday’s retreat, excitement toward Trump’s pro-business policies has largely pushed risk assets...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY 20, 2025
January 17, 2025
NOTE 1: Due to my cross-country move from Arizona to Miami, Florida, taking place right now, I have asked MMA Analyst Pouyan Zolfagharnia to write this week’s column. Pouyan has a very keen interest in Mundane Astrology, which is the study of world nations, their politics, and their leadership. His...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY 13, 2025
January 10, 2025
Listen on Spotify, Apple, and Amazon Watch on YouTube REVIEW Job growth was much stronger than expected in December, likely providing the Federal Reserve less incentive to cut interest rates this year. Nonfarm payrolls surged by 256,000 for the month, up from 212,000 in November and above the 155,000 forecast from the Dow Jones...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING January 6, 2025
January 3, 2025
Listen on Spotify, Apple, and Amazon Watch on YouTube REVIEW Whoa! That was one rocky, end-of-year holiday sleigh ride for financial markets! But then again, when you have the long-term Jupiter/Saturn waxing square on December 24, followed by the disruptive Venus/Uranus waning square on December 28, it was not likely to follow the typical...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING DECEMBER 23, 2024
December 20, 2024
NOTE: This will be our last weekly column of the year, as we are taking a week off during this holiday season. We would like to wish everyone a very happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year! We look forward to another excellent year of trading and analyzing financial...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING DECEMBER 16, 2024
December 13, 2024
REVIEW A measure of wholesale prices rose more than expected in November as questions percolated over whether progress in bringing down inflation has slowed…. The producer price index, or PPI, which measures what producers get for their products at the final-demand stage, increased 0.4% for the month, higher than the...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING DECEMBER 2, 2024
November 29, 2024
PLEASE NOTE: There will not be a weekly column next week due to planning for the December 8 MMA Special Options Webinar with Derek Panaia and Raymond Merriman. We look forward to seeing many of you then as we discuss market timing setups (possible primary cycles or secondary retracements) and...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING NOVEMBER 25, 2024
November 22, 2024
Listen on Spotify, Apple, and Amazon Watch on YouTube REVIEW Republicans are feeling a lot perkier about the economy now that Donald Trump is on his way to the White House. Democrats, less so. The index of consumer sentiment in Republican households climbed more than 15 points in November, according to data released Friday by...
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