Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:               Hong Kong Masses Show China They're Ready to Fight. China Rebukes EU, U.S. Politicians for Interfering...

H.L. Mencken on Capitalism vs. Socialism

This characteristically pungent comment is  from H.L. Mencken’s 1956 collection, Minority Report : H.L. Mencken's Notebooks (Johns Hopk...

Morning Market Internals

NYSE Composite Index: Volume Running -22.4% Below 100-Day Average 9 Sectors Rising, 2 Sectors Declining 51.0% of Issues Advancing, 44....

When the Desire for Learning Hit Winston Churchill

In his 1930 memoir A Roving Commission: My Early Life, Winston Churchill offers a vivid description of how a desire for learning washed ove...

Friday Watch

Evening Headlines Bloomberg:       Trump Promises Talk on Trade After China Defers Tariff Response.     U.S. Chamber Calls for Halti...

Stocks Surging into Afternoon on Diminished China Trade Tensions, Less Global Growth Pessimism, Oil Gain, Tech/Transport Sector Strength

  Broad Equity Market Tone: Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Rising Volume: Aroun...