On July 31st, a provision from the CARES Act that added a $600 enhancement to weekly unemployment benefits expired. Both the Senate and House contin...
As reported on Thursday, continuing jobless claims still stand at over 18 million. With many people getting laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, o...
With the economic slowdown and subsequent high unemployment and government stimulus programs, con artists abound with new versions of financial scams....
The unprecedented market volatility continues. In a previous post, recapping April's bounce back, we noted that March was one of the worst months fo...
In our last blog post, we discussed the ISM Manufacturing PMI and why investors care about it. On Friday, the unemployment rate fell to 13.3% as emp...
On Monday, the ISM Manufacturing PMI was released and came in at a reading of 43.1 indicating a contraction in the U.S. economy. So, what is the “...
Last week another 2.4 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits. Although unemployment claims are slowing, they are still at record highs. ...
On March 27th, President Trump signed into law the CARES Act (Coronovirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security). This bill provided economic relief to...
On Friday, as most have heard by now, the labor department reported a record number of jobs lost. During April, approximately 20.5 million Americans...
There is no doubt that we have seen a very wild market environment in 2020. In our previous post on April 7th, taking the good and the bad, we dis...