CASHMAN: ELIZA BLEU AND THE PERPETUAL TRAUMA MACHINE—PART 1

Market Lesson: Why Panic Is A Costly Mistake Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The Iran shock erased 18% from valuations and fully recovered in two weeks. Investors who panicked missed it all. Here’s what the market lesson is about: risk management, behavior, and what to do with your portfolio right now. The stock market selloff between February 28 and April 14 produced one of the more instructive market lessons in recent memory. It isn’t because of what the market did, but because of what investors did in response. By April 2nd,...

Goldman's State Of U.S. Consumer Outlook Gets More Grim Goldman consumer analysts Kate McShane and Bonnie Herzog cut their 2026 discretionary cash-inflow growth forecast for the second time this year, citing a worsening squeeze on U.S. households as slower disposable income growth collides with higher fuel prices at the pump. The revision points to a softening among cash-strapped consumers as the US-Iran conflict enters its third month. McShane and Herzog cut their 2026 U.S. discretionary cash inflow growth to 3.7% from the previous forecast of 4.2% in early April, as...

Israeli shelling and airstrikes hit targets across Gaza on Wednesday as the IDF continues its attacks despite the US-backed ceasefire deal and formation of President Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace.” According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, at least one Palestinian was killed in the attacks, 27-year-old Akram Hassan al-Arjani, who was hit by Israeli […]