“I get this feeling I may know you, as a lover and a friend, but this voice keeps whispering in my other ear, tells me I may never see you again”  –Peaceful Easy Feeling, Eagles, 1972  A billion stars all around. It’s all so perfect.  The U.S. economy continues to grow at a healthy pace, inflationary pressures remain firmly in check, corporate earnings …

“Ain’t nobody dope as me, I’m just so fresh, so clean”  –So Fresh, So Clean, OutKast, 2000  Gator belts and patty melts. The U.S. stock market remains on one helluva ride in 2025.  After starting the year on a December through February consolidation grind, worries about tariffs that eventually were manifested sent the S&P 500 on a -21% tumble through …

Nothing says monetary tension like a photo op in hard hats. When President Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell toured the under-renovation Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington D.C., the visit was more than just a symbolic walkthrough. It marked the latest chapter in Trump’s long-running campaign to pressure the central bank into cutting interest rates.  Trump and …