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Anton's Weekly UPdate on markets, the consumer, jobs, housing, and the Fed
There are many benefits of being at the bottom of a market cycle vs. at the top. At the top, when economic and stock market conditions are so favorable that it starts to get scary. One cannot stop wondering when these go
Anton Bayer · February 1, 2023 · 6 min read
Investors have been on pause since early 2022 with their new investments to determine when the Federal Reserve rate hikes will cease. More importantly, they are concerned that higher interest rates will drive the US econ
Anton Bayer · January 25, 2023 · 6 min read
In February 2018, Jerome Powell took office as the 16th Chairman of The Federal Reserve. He had a goal to improve the Fed's communication with the investment marketplace. Starting in January 2019, he began holding press
Anton Bayer · January 11, 2023 · 17 min read
By any standard, the past three years were historic. It reminded me of the tech bubble that burst from 2000 to 2003, with San Jose’s Silicon Valley as the epic center. You had to live there to truly understand the financ
Anton Bayer · January 4, 2023 · 6 min read
The saying “Don't Fight The Feds,” or DFTF for short, has been the theme this year on Wall Street. Since March 16, when the Federal Reserve embarked on its rate hike policy, the stock market has plummeted. Mortgage inter
Anton Bayer · December 14, 2022 · 4 min read
Despite all the challenges going on around the world, the US economic engine continues to chug forward. The Group of 7 Nations (referred to as G7 nations, which were formerly G8 until Russia was expelled in 2014) referen
Anton Bayer · December 6, 2022 · 5 min read
Over the past 30 years, I have been fascinated by watching the many actors in our financial markets. I say actors because it all seems like one big national play complete with all the theatrical variety of comedy, thrill
Anton Bayer · November 16, 2022 · 8 min read
The tsunami impact of shutting down the US, the world's largest economic engine, for nearly nine months in 2020, and in some cities' continual restrictions, has understandably created a tsunami wave of financial imbalanc
Anton Bayer · November 9, 2022 · 7 min read
A few weeks ago I was rereading Joe Coulombe’s autobiography, Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys, when I came across this quote:
Anton Bayer · October 26, 2022 · 6 min read
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