Ernie Ankrim

The housing report today and other numbers from last week indicate more strength in this economy than had previously been read more

The housing report today and other numbers from last week indicate more strength in this economy than had previously been thought.

I'm not exactly convinced that this market is overly bullish.

I'm not exactly convinced that this market is overly bullish.

Certainly energy continues to do well, but technology has also attracted increasing amounts of funds, and we're seeing growth stocks read more

Certainly energy continues to do well, but technology has also attracted increasing amounts of funds, and we're seeing growth stocks start to perform better than they have for some time.

There have not been any big blips in inflation (so far this year).

There have not been any big blips in inflation (so far this year).

What the Fed is telling us here is that they are not of the mind to put so much tightness read more

What the Fed is telling us here is that they are not of the mind to put so much tightness on the economy as to jeopardize modest growth in the year ahead, and the market is taking great delight in that.