The current economic doldrums have most investors concerned about a potential market downturn. The bottom line concern many economists and consultants have expressed lately is stagflation, the dreaded combination of flat economic growth with inflation that gets higher and higher indefinitely. We may be approaching a time where that concern becomes so widely held that … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending February 27, 2026 Markets closed the week with measured gains across major equity ETFs, even as geopolitical tensions escalated and volatility expectations rose sharply. Broad-based funds such as QQQM (+0.97%), SPYM (+0.59%), and VB (+0.94%) advanced modestly, while sector performance was more pronounced in Communication Services (XLC +2.33%) and … Read more
This fact may surprise quite a few investors. During the period from January 1, 2000, through August 31, 2025, gold bullion delivered significantly higher returns than the S&P 500. Throw in last week where the S&P 500 Index rose 0.3% compared to 4% for GLD, the most-traded gold ETF, and gold’s outperformance widens further. However, … Read more