Since 2012, Anton Bayer's Weekly UPdate has examined markets and the economy, continuing a market and economic commentary tradition that began in 2002. Each week, Anton looks past the headlines to the data shaping the discussion.
Since the inauguration of President Trump, investors have been very nervous about his administration’s aggressive policy changes and process. He and his administration seem to be keeping Wall Street and Main Street on a
Anton Bayer · May 6, 2025 · 7 min read
Institutional investors have once again become headline-driven. Institutional traders seem to base their daily trading strategy on Trump tweets panicking about this announcement or another. Most interesting is their litt
Anton Bayer · April 30, 2025 · 6 min read
“The VIX gets clicks.” It’s an old saying in the financial media world, dating back to when publications first started selling display ads online. The VIX–better known as the “fear index”-- is what most investors watch t
Nyle Bayer · April 16, 2025 · 5 min read
These two words have been repeated in almost every news article these past couple of months as it relates to the stock market and new policies rolling out seemingly daily from Washington. However, there are far more well
Anton Bayer · April 9, 2025 · 7 min read
The current stock market is selling off on tariff concerns while corporate America continues to grow its profits. This year the stock market selloff is like 2022 when investors’ fears of pending policies have prompted a
Anton Bayer · April 2, 2025 · 9 min read
George Foreman affectionately known as “Big George” died this week on March 21 at the young age of 76. He has many accolades to be remembered including his boxing career, business successes, father, Christian faith, and
Anton Bayer · March 26, 2025 · 7 min read
For the past week, major media outlets have opined on the stock market volatility speculating whether this is the beginning of a significant stock market selloff and if the US economy is entering a deep recession cycle l
Anton Bayer · March 12, 2025 · 5 min read
Since December 6, 2024, the US stock market has been trading in a flat range up to February 19. However, the flat trading range weakened on January 27 when DeepSeek announced it had developed an AI learning database usin
Anton Bayer · March 4, 2025 · 5 min read
The University of Michigan released on Friday their Surveys of Consumers reports. In these reports they identify consumers’ sentiment and confidence based on surveys they conduct each month.
Anton Bayer · February 25, 2025 · 5 min read
It seems investors entered 2025 with guarded optimism. Interest rates and inflation are stable, and household finances continue to improve. The labor market continued to add more workers, slowly reducing the millions of
Anton Bayer · February 18, 2025 · 7 min read