Bernie Schaeffer’s – Schaeffer’s Investment Research – “Despondent Survey” is at an interesting level: From talking to clients and reading comments on Seeking Alpha, most are still bearish on “expected forward returns” for the SP 500, and to me … Continued
Morningstar’s Stock, Bond, Bills & Inflation has some interesting long-term capital market information, much of it from Morningstar’s acquisition of Ibbotson & Associates in 2005. Looking at the annual returns of the SP 500 since 1970, and including the period … Continued
Back in the Spring of 1980, when I was taking my first Money & Banking class, the Fed Funds rate was gyrating from 14% to 20% to 8.5% all in a period of about 6 months, under Paul Volcker’s supervision. … Continued