US stocks edged higher as Wall Street kept up a record-setting streak on the back of Big Tech mega caps. - Boeing Defense, Space & Security to leverage Palantir capabilities across programs for global military customers

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell will address the invitation-only global gathering of central bankers, academics and macroeconomists as the leader of the world’s largest and most respected independent central bank

The Mar-a-Lago Accord is a proposed economic and trade initiative associated with the second term of the Donald Trump administration the Accord is designed as a blueprint for restructuring global trade and monetary relations, with the central goal of devaluing the U.S. dollar while preserving its status as the world’s primary reserve currency.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome H. Powell At the Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Federal Reserve of Chicago April 16, 2025 Economic Outlook Chair Jerome H. Powell At the Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Thank you for the introduction. I am looking forward to our conversation, Professor Rajan. First, I will briefly discuss the outlook for the economy and monetary policy. At the Fed, we are always focused on the dual-mandate goals given to us by Con

Expert advice from Stephen H Akin, Akin Investments a Registered Investment Advisor. Posts and ideas as featured By: The Bond Buyer, Time Next Advisors, Fortune, Forbes and more... Fixed Income Stratgies for 2025 and Beyond Types of Fixed Income Investments Bonds trade over-the-counter in the bond market  and secondary market. The most common government securities are those issued by the U.S. government and are generally referred to as Treasury securities. Fixed-income secu

A Break Out Above $2825 would signal a new leg higher

The San Francisco Fed research suggests the job market continues to be a source of inflation. October was 2.8% stripping out food & energy.

Invites you to join in the celebration of our Veterans! Akin Investments Invites you to join in the celebration of our Veterans! Each year we pause to honor the brave men and women who have served our nation. “That Nation which respects and honors its dead, shall ever be respected and honored itself.”– Brevet Lieut.-Col. Edmund B. Whitman, 1868 Memorial Day, a federal holiday held the last Monday in May, is the nation's foremost annual day to mourn and honor its deceased serv

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powells Jackson Hole Speech landed in our Wheelhouse! "We are navigating by the stars under cloudy skies" Powell Says: “We are navigating by the stars under cloudy skies,”. Powell went on to say Fed policymakers would “proceed carefully as we decide whether to tighten further.” “It is the Fed’s job to bring inflation down to our 2% goal, and we will do so,” Powell said. “We have tightened policy significantly over the past year. Although infla

"History Doesn't Repeat It's Self But It Often Rhymes" Mark Twain Moral hazard is a situation where an economic actor has an incentive to increase its exposure to risk because it does not bear the full costs of that risk. Or, put another way, it is when a party takes an excessive risk in bad faith, knowing another party is economically responsible for the outcome Looking back over time from the days of Mark Twain, The Reconstruction Era to the time of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ga

Akin discusses "force majeure" describes those uncontrollable events (such as war, labor stoppages, or extreme weather) that are not