Author: UPFINA

This article discusses the health of the consumer, rise in delinquency rates and the decline in consumer confidence and implication for holiday shopping.

Central banks have done coordinated rate cuts increasing potential for a 2020 synchronized global expansion, but is growth and inflation already peaking?

Stocks do well when the manufacturing PMI is low and poorly when it is high. That increases the probability that stocks could underperform in 2020.

A low percentage of consumers named the economy as the top issue. Could this be a contrarian indicator for financial markets?

This article reviews the multiple indicators sending conflicting signals. Investors see a global cyclical expansion in 2020, but is it already priced in?