The economy's ups and downs are not abstract curves on a chart, they are the backdrop for your job security, mortgage rate, investment returns and even how long your emergency fund lasts. When I talk ...

Economic cycles feature expansion, peak, contraction, and trough stages. Investors adjust strategies based on the current economic phase. Government tools like interest rates help manage these cycles.

To our surprise, the US economy has not entered a recession over the past two years. This is not because a recession has been avoided altogether but because the current economic cycle has been ...

Steve Swinney is CEO of Kodiak Building Partners, a leader in the building materials industry that manages locally led companies. Recent interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve are a welcome sign ...

COVID-19 scars will linger on society and our economy in many ways, but for now, most are simply relieved that there is light at the end of what has been a long and dark tunnel. 2021 brings a brighter ...

Recently, Ed Yardeni made a bold prediction that the S&P 500 index could hit a high of 5400 in 2024. While I suggest we could see continued improvement in both the economic and market cycles, I am ...

Ken Ferrie advises farmers to navigate agriculture’s cyclical economic waves by managing costs and seizing opportunities during downturns to position themselves for future profitability. If your ...