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Opinion, News Interpretation, and U.S. Market Outlook

Equity future markets were up for the month, with the September NDX futures +6.2% for June (and up almost 16% for the year). This technol...

Economic Fascism, Corporatism, and the Move to Anarchy in the U.S.

By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon Discussion: In my humble opinion (IMHO), U.S. residents primarily live under “economic fascism” i...

What happened to America?

I could write a small book on so many current topics: COVID-19, the killing of a George Floyd and the riots in two dozen cities, and of c...

The Hopium of a “V” Recovery and Stock Market Rally

By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon Introduction: The unique world events and market reactions continue! Victor provides his razor sh...

Perspective on U.S. Economy and the Coronavirus – Suicide is NOT Painless!

By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon This Time Suicide is NOT Painless: If you were born in the 1950’s or earlier, you will remember t...

No “V” Recovery in US; Perspective on the Economy and Bear Markets

By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon Introduction: These are certainly interesting and unique times! In this post, Victor shares his t...

In These Interesting and Unique Times

By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon The government – and the U.S. Federal Reserve – have been operating under a model since 2008 tha...

End of Decade Review: “Requiem of Free Market Capitalism”

By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon Introduction: The last 10 years (from 2009-2019) of extraordinary gains for the financial markets...

Debt/Deficits: Just the Facts

In the 1950’s actor Jack Webb starred in a TV series called “Dragnet”. Webb played Sergeant Joe Friday, a stoic, poker faced detective, w...

What is Capitalism?

Capitalism is a political social system based on the recognition and full acknowledgement of individual rights, including the private own...

Is the Bear Market in Sight?

In October, I am on record saying that we are in a bear market, as dictated by the 200-day moving Average (MA) indicator. This occurred o...

Analysis of the Markets Recent Activity - Has Debt Hit Its Tipping Point?

Background: A “Runaway Train” Ends The S&P 500 hit it’s all time high on January 26th, and then experienced its first sell-off of any con...

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