by Gary Gordon | May 11, 2020
In 2016, oil prices fell dramatically, sending shivers down and up the spines of energy bondholders. Investors worried that a slew of energy companies would go belly up. In 2020, weak demand for oil is only part of the economic concern. Fragile demand across a wide...
by Gary Gordon | May 8, 2020
The most recent data on revolving consumer credit showed a record decline by $28 billion in March. That will continue to get worse as April and May data come in. Essentially, consumers will spend much less and lending standards will keep tightening. Of course, the...
by Gary Gordon | May 6, 2020
Leading into 2020, the economy was growing at a modest pace (1.9%). By the end of the 2nd quarter, the economy will have recoiled at its quickest clip (-25%+) since the 1930s. Similarly, at the start of the year, unemployment for working-aged individuals was 3.5%. By...
by Gary Gordon | May 4, 2020
During the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, the Federal Reserve began adding like crazy to the supply of money (M1) via quantitative easing (QE). The Fed effectively added trillions of dollars to M1 Money Supply over the 2008-2019 period, indirectly supporting stock...
by Gary Gordon | Apr 30, 2020
Consumers who do not express confidence about economic prospects are likely to decrease their spending. Here in 2020, you’d have to go back to 1973’s ugly recession to find more discouraging data. In the 2020 U.S. economy, where consumers account for...
