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John Blank

Will Vladimir Putin Make International Stocks Hot Again?

There are plenty of unintended consequences with his invasion.

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Can the FOMC Deliver a Soft Landing?

Stock traders can climb over this wall of worry.

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What is Fair Value for the S&P500?

Zacks asks and answers this question, over and over again.

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Did this week's Fed Policy meeting signal anything?

Zacks had 4,350 as YE 'fair value' and that is where the S&P500 trades.

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What Will Produce Investor Optimism for 2022?

Zacks thinks earnings and revenue growth can.

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Cybersecurity, Inflation De-anchoring, COVID's Legacy

3 big risks in 2022 we must all think harder about.

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A Game Plan for Investing in a New Year

No more Fed bond buying liquidity? What to do?

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Stock Markets Rise Forever, Don't They?

Can anything stop this bull market?

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A World Tour of Policy Rate Hikes

The Fed is lagging its peers. What gives?

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Europe is Churning

How do supply chains work into this too?

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How did COVID Reshape Retail and Goods Production?

This is the biggest macro issue today.

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Is This the Top to Stocks?

Where do stocks go from here.

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Consumer Prices, the Fed, and Tapering

Can we make sense of this trio?

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Retail Sales Down. Consumer Sentiment Down. What Gives?

What to expect from the upcoming holiday shopping season?

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Did COVID Remote Working Launch Economy Wide Productivity Gains?

More to the point, what should an investor do?

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Why Are So Many U.S. Growth and Unemployment Rate Projections Off?

John Maynard Keynes did not address a pandemic.

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Key Top-down Takeaways on Q2 Earnings

What catalysts can stock traders focus on?

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What to make of stock market catalysts this summer

Here are a few thoughts for you.

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Can a Wage-Price Spiral Happen in 2022?

The issue concerns economists and traders alike.

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When Does the Fed Start to Taper Bond Buying?

Is this rise in Home & Consumer Price Inflation transitory? Or not?

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What is Fair Value for the S&P500?

The latest earnings report season muddied the waters on that.

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The Biden Vision

What does it mean for stocks?

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3 Tech Stocks, 3 Stories

What can chip stocks tell us about Q1 earnings season?

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Where Does the 10-yr Rate Go from Here?

High-beta stocks seem to care the most.

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How to Play it, when the US Economy Surges First

Other world-stage actors may not be following us.

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