By Ken Fisher, New York Post, Monday, July 21, 2025
In my 50-plus years of running money, I’ve noticed that the biggest market moves come from factors that have gone unnoticed – and right now, there’s a doozy lurking under the table. Amid all the tariff tumult of the past few months, the global yield curve has been quietly re-steepening. Also note that the previously long-watched US-based yield curve – which investors lately (and wrongly) have been ignoring – has been doing the same.
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By Ken Fisher, New York Post, Monday, June 23, 2025
Got a comfy “cash cushion”? Is your portfolio packed with plenty of “dry powder”? When it comes to investing, I can only wish feeling safe and secure was as simple as that.
Cash feels safe – it’s got no short-term volatility. That balance in your savings account never goes down unless you make a withdrawal – right? The seeming certitude of cold, hard cash leads many investors to never question a habit of hoarding it.
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By Ken Fisher, New York Post, Tuesday, May 27, 2025
US stocks have fallen out of the Top 40 with investors worldwide this year – and chart watchers can blame President Trump’s flip-flopping song and dance on tariffs.
This year through May 20, Chinese stocks are up 19.9% while neighboring South Korea’s are up 14.3%. Europe’s are up 22.3% including Germany’s, which are up 20%. Mexico’s, for the love of avocados, are up 27%. Altogether, non-US stocks are up 15.5%.
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By Ken Fisher, New York Post, Monday, April 21, 2025
President Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day” was far worse – more “tariffying” – than what I and most others expected. His subsequent pauses and flip-flops have launched veritable vertigo in stocks and bonds. So maybe you’re thinking of bailing before yet another shoe drops?
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By Ken Fisher, New York Post, Monday, March 24, 2025
Bitcoin has been on a roller coaster since the November election. Should you be strapping yourself in, or should you unbuckle and climb out of the car?
The post-election boom pierced $100,000, leading bulls to speculate that seven digits were next as “pro-crypto” President Donald Trump prepared to take office. Then, a day after the inauguration, a slide of more than 20% began.
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By Ken Fisher, New York Post, Monday, February 24, 2025
The war is over. Not the war in Ukraine or Gaza — I mean the war on inflation.
Shoppers, understandably, are still freaking out in the grocery aisles, most recently over egg prices. Meanwhile, economists, politicos and pundits continue to sweat allegedly “sticky” categories for goods and services and rising wages — especially after January’s Consumer Price Index accelerated.
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By Ken Fisher, New York Post, Monday, January 27, 2025
Last month, during the thick of the holidays, I found myself in a rare though not totally unprecedented predicament: I wasn’t sure which way to bet on the stock market in the year ahead.
In my December column, I told you there were three possible 2025 outcomes – all of them seemingly likely, and to a vexingly similar degree. I also told you that I’d come back to you when I could conclude which is, in fact, the most likely.
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By Ken Fisher, New York Post, Monday, December 30, 2024
Beating the stock market requires knowing something important that others don’t.
When I am lucky enough to take advantage of this basic investing truth, I never fear sticking my neck out. I did it with my outlook for 2023, which was followed by my outlook for 2024. Both were pound-the-table bullish – and pretty darned accurate.
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By Ken Fisher, New York Post, Monday, November 25, 2024
Whether you’re an over-educated egghead or a high school dropout, there’s a good chance your mind can be boggled by the dollar figures that surround the US debt.
No doubt, Uncle Sam’s outstanding obligation of $35 trillion – yes, that’s trillion, with a “T” – looks like a very, very big number. Also consider that in 2020, the total was “only” $27 trillion. Debt fears feel so right. And Trump’s promised tax cuts are dead ahead. Eek!
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By Ken Fisher, New York Post, Monday, October 21, 2024
Remember those bears growling through the spring and summer about rising unemployment numbers? September’s better-than-forecast jobs data finally silenced them. But any more bad reports in the months ahead, and they’ll be back.
They’ll also be wrong. Again and again. Season after season.
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