Along With Stocks, Consumer Sentiment Tumbles In Mar – Home Prices Worth Watching

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Consumer sentiment tumbled in March but remains elevated.  The latest collapse in stocks probably played a role.  Another important variable worth watching is home prices, which for years have risen faster than inflation and have been a big tailwind from … Continued

With Fundamentals Unlikely To Improve Any Time Soon, Watching Technicals For Signal

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Stanley Fischer, Federal Reserve vice chair, last week stated that U.S. inflation should rebound next year.  As things stand now, government data do not show much inflation. In September, consumer prices, measured by the consumer price index, were unchanged in … Continued