The headline unemployment rate came in at 9.6% for the month of August. Some are expressing relief or at least hope that it is down from its recent highs of over 10%. The problem is that they are focusing on the wrong number. The real unemployment rate is 16.7%. This is according to the broader [...]

What a way to kickoff a new month.  The Dow put August and its three-week losing streak in the rearview mirror and kicked off the month of September with a solid three-day rally. The Dow added 2.9% last week, and is back in positive territory for the year.
How bad was August? When the month ended [...]

Good Afternoon,
Stocks rose Thursday, extending their gains from the day before, after reports on housing, manufacturing and jobs all indicated that the economy continues to grow.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 50 points, having jumped 254 on Wednesday thanks to strong reports on manufacturing in the U.S. and China. Broader indexes also rose.
The portfolio had [...]

In the 1990’s, there weren’t many stocks that outperformed Dell (DELL). It returned close to an unfathomable 100,000% throughout that decade and it was the envy of all other companies. So many Dell employees were getting rich that a new term was coined to descibe them: Dellionaires. Even lower level employees were retiring by cashing [...]

Written by Patrick McCubbin
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Good Afternoon,
Stocks jumped Wednesday after surprisingly strong growth in U.S. and Chinese manufacturing allayed some of the worries that had been building over the global economy in recent weeks.
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 255 points on the first day of September. With investors pouring into stocks, Treasury prices fell [...]