The ratio comparing total U.S. market cap to GDP, known as the Buffett Indicator, is reaching historic levels, both in absolute and relative terms. Its current reading of 230% is far beyond any peak ...

A stock-market indicator that has been used by investment analysts for more than a century flashed a bullish signal this week. For the first time in more than a year, the Dow Theory flashed a buy ...

2025 was a wild year for the U.S. economy. Tariffs transformed the global economy, consumer sentiment hit near-historic lows, and the stock market hit scary, spooky, blood-curdling new heights! So … ...

An economist has warned that the recent increase in America's unemployment rate represents an especially concerning signal for the labor market and wider U.S. economy. On X, Justin Wolfers, a ...

The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, released Friday, showed that it had risen 2.8% in September from a year ago. The personal consumption expenditures, or PCE, index measures ...

The Zweig Breadth Thrust indicator just flashed a buy signal for the S&P 500 (SPY) after the 10-day EMA surged past 61.5%. The indicator has a perfect track record since 1950 with 100% positive ...

Friday came the data from the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers. November 2025 data. The overall index of consumer sentiment fell from 53.6 in October to 51.0. November 2024 it was 71.8, a ...

Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed realtor and educator with over 35 years of diverse financial management experience. He is an expert on personal finance, corporate finance ...

While data like jobless claims and retail sales give a good macro look at the economy, he argues, they don’t define what’s going to happen to individual businesses. And planning your company’s ...

An unsettled labor market is usually an indication of a troubled economy. In fact, a rapidly increasing unemployment rate characterizes the start of recessions. Therefore, a timely and accurate ...