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Marvin R. Clark is the Managing Principal of Monsoon Wealth Management (MWM). Monsoon offers affluent individuals and business owners’ wealth management, economic, and market advice throughout America. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, ...more

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Faster And Faster But No Liftoff
The economy is better than you thought. The Commerce Department revised its estimate of third quarter gross domestic product from 3.5% up to 3.9%.
Test Results Are In
So, the markets are betting on global stimulus, or if you prefer, free money from the central bankers, but does that really help? Well, it certainly helps the financial markets, but the economy? … Not so much.
Fans Of Gridlock: Financial Review
Amnesty is alive and well. I’m not talking about immigration, rather on the other end of the food chain where the non-enforcement of the law protects the elite bankers.
Skim Just A Little
The state of Arizona is suing GM, accusing the company of putting the public at risk by concealing safety issues related to defective ignition switches and delaying recalls. Plus today’s edition of “Banks Behaving Badly.”
What? Me Worry?
The sluggish pace of inflation is displacing unemployment as the primary reason the Fed is not ready to start raising interest rates.
Some Outcomes Are So Predictable
So the big question is whether the US economy can carry the world, or if the world will drag down the US economy, or whether there will be a decoupling.
Work Hard And Invest In The Future: Financial Review
If you thought the S&P’s furious 11% rally has been a sight to behold, you clearly weren’t paying attention to the soaring planes, trains and trucks.
Sprinting Up A Mountain: Can Markets Catch Their Breath?
Typically, when the market is overbought, you might anticipate a pullback, but there are plenty of reasons to think the stock market will continue higher.
Dow Up, Oil Down, Quit Your Job
A record high close for the Dow Industrials; Tech companies are once again in a leadership role; Gas prices are the lowest since December 2010. And workers finally have confidence they can leave their job for greener pastures...
Catch A Falling Star
Over the past month, you would be hard pressed to find a sweeter chart than the Dow Jones Transports, which hit another record high close, up 30 at 9091. Those trains just keep on rolling down the track.
Veterans Day: Financial Review
A semi-holiday in some markets; notes on some companies keeping the faith with our veterans.
Net Neutrality: Financial Review
Imagine a world where big companies like Netflix and Google pay extra money to give their users faster service. How could a plucky upstart search engine or the next video streaming service hope to compete?
Jobs Report Friday
The economy added 214,000 net new jobs in October. The unemployment rate dropped from 5.9% to 5.8%. The 5.8 percent official unemployment rate is the lowest since the summer of 2008.
Taking On Water: Financial Review
There has been some economic recovery, but the economy is still headed in the wrong direction. The American Dream is dead.
Milk And Cookies In The Land Of No Satisfaction
The stocks in the Dow have used financial engineering to achieve price gains, and fewer people have participated in those gains.
Lather, Rinse, Repeat: Financial Review
There are plenty of issues worthy of intelligent discussion and debate, however that never seemed important in this midterm election.
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