by Robert Dieli | Jun 10, 2015 | No Spin News
Wealth Adviser: Connecting Clients’ Financial Choices with Their Values by Patrick Graham June 10, 2015 Clients’ financial decisions often are disconnected from their values–supporting charities or the environment to having meaningful relationships with family and...
by Robert Dieli | Jun 9, 2015 | No Spin News
The S&P 500 is approaching the ‘Zone of Death’ by T. Erik Conley Founder and CEO of Zen Investor June 9, 2015 Like most investors who have been through a few market cycles, I try to stick to a few trading rules in order to avoid making dumb market-timing...
by Robert Dieli | Jan 12, 2015 | No Spin News
Dieli talks economic growth at Aftermarket Dialogue by Lucas Deal January 26, 2015 The underrated recovery continues. That was the main sentiment from economic forecaster Bob Dieli during the opening session of Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue on Monday in Las Vegas....
by Robert Dieli | Nov 2, 2013 | No Spin News
I recently had a query from a client about what happens to monetary policy when there is a changing of the guard at the Federal Reserve. My reply was “nothing much”. He pressed for more details, and I sent him the following comments. The modern era of macroeconomic...
by Robert Dieli | Jul 30, 2013 | No Spin News
Part time employment has become a frequent topic of debate in the financial media. Earlier this week, I published a Special Report for my subscribers on the recent performance of the major measures of part time employment. I had intended to follow up with a brief...
by Robert Dieli | Jul 26, 2013 | No Spin News
As we enter the fifth year of the current expansion, controversy continues to rage over its viability. In this piece we touch on some of the reasons why. In every phase of every business cycle, forecasters of the process of phase change, whether it be from expansion...
by Robert Dieli | Sep 14, 2012 | No Spin News
In an earlier post we showed you an indicator from the Establishment Survey with an impeccable record of indicating where we should look for business cycle turning points. Here’s one from the Household Survey that meets the same standard. We recently showed you...
by Robert Dieli | Sep 14, 2012 | No Spin News
The monthly employment report is actually two employment reports. One covers payroll employment, the other household employment. The Unemployment Rate comes out of the household survey. Interpreting changes in that number requires careful examination. The Bureau of...
by Robert Dieli | Sep 14, 2012 | No Spin News
There is a wealth of information in the monthly jobs report. One of the most useful pieces is the year-over-year percent change in Nonfarm Payroll employment. This statistic can tell us a lot about where we are in the business cycle. Here at RDLB we are all about...
by Robert Dieli | Sep 14, 2012 | No Spin News
One of the most important pieces of economic information to appear each month is the level of Nonfarm Payroll employment. It is also one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted statistics out there. On Friday September 7, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released...
