by Jay Lebed | Sep 18, 2015 | Posts
Until the Federal Reserve finally begins to lift interest rates–and perhaps even a bit beyond–each Fed meeting will likely be touted as the most important in decades. Certainly this week’s meeting was. Very early in the year it appeared likely that the Fed...
by Jay Lebed | Sep 9, 2015 | Posts
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a monthly survey on changes in the job market, including openings, hires and terminations (forced or voluntary). The chart below is from today’s report and the yellow line is pretty stunning. The number of job...
by Jay Lebed | Sep 3, 2015 | Posts
Events in China have roiled capital markets over the last several weeks. In just four trading days, from August 19th to August 24th, the S&P 500 Index lost 10.9%. Stocks have recovered a good chunk of the initial losses but in a rather disorderly fashion. One...