Excerpt from Agence France-Presse quoting DataTrek’s Nick Colas: …. “On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump on Twitter threatened new tariffs on car imports, amplifying his response against GM, whose job…
Day: November 29, 2018

MarketWatch: "Did Fed’s Powell ‘light the fuse’ for a year-end stock-market rally?"
Excerpt from MarketWatch quoting DataTrek’s Nick Colas: …. “Better earnings this year have been fully offset by higher interest rates plus the simultaneous uncertainty of U.S./China trade wars and Federal…

Why Powell's Speech Was "A Stroke Of Genius"
Excerpt from Zero Hedge’s re-print of a recent DataTrek report: “A Man for All Seasons” …. “To our thinking, Chair Powell’s speech was a stroke of genius. By easing the Fed’s…

US Bank Lending Grows, Cycle Ends…
Today we will dig into the world of US bank balance sheets and look at Commercial and Industrial (C&I) loans. The set-up here: Banks make C&I loans to all sizes of…