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The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Stagflation is On!

There is no doubt that the data released out on Friday were a complete disaster for stock investors. The Dow Average futures posted a 1,000-point swing, from up 200 in the overnight markets to down 800 intraday. Specifically, the Consumer Price Index came in at a hot 0.4%, which is 4.8% annualized. Five-year Inflation Expectations, […]

Remembering the Old Days at Morgan Stanley

It’s a good thing that the #MeToo movement wasn’t around 40 years ago. For if it was, Morgan Stanley would have been publicly humiliated in the press daily. The firm was an “old boy” network on steroids. Employees with skirts definitely worked overtime in those prehistoric days. However, firms evolve over the vast expanse of […]