by Gary Gordon | Oct 27, 2020
In March of 2000, nobody rang the bell at the top of the infamous dot-com disaster. And very few people believed that the 21st century’s original tech bubble had actually burst. Dip-buyers were plentiful in 2000. In fact, six months later in September of that...
by Gary Gordon | Oct 23, 2020
The AEI’s Weekly Index tracks how many people go to places of commerce (e.g., restaurants, hotels, stores, movie theaters, airports, offices, etc.). In layperson’s terms, we’re talking about foot traffic. The start of 2020 serves as the “Old Normal.”...
by Gary Gordon | Oct 20, 2020
Talking heads are always imploring you to be a “long-term investor.” Okay, let’s play the long game. S&P 500 valuations have never been more obscene, even eclipsing the stock bubble highs from February of 2020. What’s more, those valuations...
by Gary Gordon | Oct 16, 2020
How do you know that we’re living in a monstrous stock bubble? Bullishness on ever-higher asset prices exists for every imaginable circumstance. For example, no matter who wins the election, stocks will surge. If it’s Biden, gobs of fiscal stimulus will be...
by Gary Gordon | Oct 13, 2020
Small businesses employ roughly half of U.S. workers. What’s more, small companies create nearly half of the new jobs that come into existence. Sadly, the small business community has lost 23% in revenue since the year began. In a similar vein, the number of...