Demographic trends are changing the economic landscape in the United States. The older population is growing rapidly while the working population is shrinking. The labor shortage is also adding to the problem. Steve Brennan and Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun break it down.
Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun explains why he's a rational optimist about current market conditions and the economy, what he expects from the solid inversion of the 10/3 yield curve, and what he expects from this week's Fed meeting.
I have often been accused over the years of being too optimistic and I will plead guilty to having a little rose-colored tint in my glasses. I am an optimist by nature and I search constantly for good things to write about. There are more than enough people out there willing to tell you the world is coming to an [...]
There's talk that the next Fed rate hike will push the economy into recession. Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun points out signs to look for before the beginning of a recession.
Is Jerome Powell the worst Federal Reserve Chairman of all time? Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun lays out the case.
The Cleanest Dirty Shirt It’s easy to overestimate the problems the United States faces while underestimating its strengths. The challenges are certainly significant. Politics have seldom been so divisive. The government is running an annual deficit of over a trillion dollars, with a total debt many times that. Inflation has spiked. The Fed has been hiking interest rates at a [...]
Is the Fed doing more harm than good? Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun says the Fed just needs to shut up.
It’s a bear market and you expect to have volatility, but volatility is trending even higher. Steve Brennan talks with Doug Terry, Head of Alhambra Research about what factors may push the volatility envelope.
Is the Fed Changing its mind about hike, hike, hike? Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun talks about the latest Fed headline, as well as a full slate of economic news this week and the inversion of the 10/3 yield curve.
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