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Three On Thursday
2025
4/17/2025The Dollar Endures: Strength, Stability, and Global Trust
4/10/20255,200 Target Hit but Still Overvalued? A Look at the Cap Profits Model
4/3/2025S&P 500 Index in Q1: The Quiet Strength Beneath a Weak Quarter
3/27/2025The Fed’s 2024 Financial Recap
3/20/2025Mapping State Trade Trends
3/13/2025U.S. Household Debt in Q4 2024
3/6/2025Four Valuation Models Flash Caution for the S&P 500 Index
2/27/2025Can Tariffs Replace the Income Tax?
2/20/2025Time: Our Most Precious Asset
2/13/2025The Big Payroll Revision: What the Latest BLS Data Tell Us
2/6/2025Energy Independence? Why the U.S. Still Relies on Canada
1/30/2025From Subsistence to Prosperity: Why Redistribution Fails
1/23/2025State Migration: Winners and Losers
1/16/2025Is Government Spending Inflationary?
1/8/2025The S&P 500 Index in 2024: A Market Driven Once Again by the Mag 7
2024
12/19/2024Three on Thursday - Bitcoin Tops $100,000
12/12/2024Three on Thursday - Abundant Reserves, Abundant Losses: Fed’s Q3 Financials
12/5/2024Three on Thursday - Thanksgiving Week Hits New Highs
11/21/2024Three on Thursday - Is There Room to Cut? Examining Federal Spending Pt 2
11/14/2024Three on Thursday - Is There Room to Cut? Examining Federal Spending Pt 1
11/7/2024Three on Thursday - Election’s Over, Now What? Stay Focused
10/31/2024Three on Thursday - Federal FY2024: Massive Spending, Deficits, and Debt
10/24/2024Three on Thursday - Inflation Simplified
10/17/2024Three on Thursday - SpaceX: Leading Space Innovation
10/10/2024Three on Thursday - Are the Wealthy Paying their Fair Share?
10/3/2024Three on Thursday - Another Strong Quarter for Stocks in Q3
9/26/2024Three on Thursday - Still a Seller's Market for Housing
9/19/2024Three on Thursday - Global Living Standards Continue to Rise
9/12/2024Three on Thursday - Easing Cycle Set to Begin
9/5/2024Three on Thursday - Federal Reserve's Financials: Q2 Update
8/29/2024Three on Thursday - A Deep Dive into the Latest BLS Payroll Revision
8/22/2024Three on Thursday - The Current State of Household Debt
8/15/2024Three on Thursday - Was the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Replenished?
8/8/2024Three on Thursday - Dislocations Appear in the Market
8/1/2024Three on Thursday - The U.S. Remains a Net Energy Producer
7/25/2024Three on Thursday - Some Cracks in Employment
7/18/2024Three on Thursday - High Frequency Data in the Post-COVID Economy
7/11/2024Three on Thursday - S&P 500 Index 1H
6/27/2024Three on Thursday - Historic Highs: U.S. Net Interest Payments Skyrocket
6/20/2024Three on Thursday - What's Driving the Massive Deficits?
6/13/2024Three on Thursday - Developments in the U.S. Auto Sector
6/6/2024Three on Thursday - Keep Politics Out Of Investing
5/30/2024Three on Thursday - Federal Reserve's Financials: Q1 Update
5/23/2024Three on Thursday - The Current State of Nuclear Energy
5/16/2024Three on Thursday - The State of Social Security
5/9/2024Three on Thursday - Natural Gas Fuels America's Energy Revolution
5/2/2024Three on Thursday - Excess Savings Extinguished
4/25/2024Three on Thursday - Examining America’s Trillion-Dollar Student Loan Issue
4/18/2024Three on Thursday - PCE Price Index: Breaking Down the Basics
4/11/2024Three on Thursday - The Fed's 2023 Financial Recap
4/4/2024Three on Thursday - Looking at the S&P 500 Index Q1 Performance
3/28/2024Three on Thursday - State of the U.S. Yield Curve
3/21/2024Three on Thursday - CPI Explained: Breaking Down the Basics
3/14/2024Three on Thursday - How is the Financial Health of U.S. Households?
3/7/2024Three on Thursday - Bitcoin
2/29/2024Three on Thursday - The Birth of the Transfer Society
2/22/2024Three on Thursday - The Era of Abundant Reserves
2/15/2024Three on Thursday - Where is Population Headed?
2/8/2024Three on Thursday - Where Are Interest Rates Heading?
2/1/2024Three on Thursday - Where Are People Moving?
1/25/2024Three on Thursday - S&P 500 Index in 2023
1/18/2024Three on Thursday - International Trade
1/11/2024Three on Thursday - The Employment Situation
1/4/2024Three on Thursday - Immigration
2023
12/21/2023Three on Thursday - Retail Sales
12/14/2023Three on Thursday - Charting New Horizons in Space
12/7/2023Three on Thursday - S&P 500 Index
11/30/2023Three on Thursday - Strategic Petroleum Reserve
11/16/2023Three on Thursday - Who Owns the Federal Debt?
11/9/2023Three on Thursday - M2 and Inflation
11/2/2023Three on Thursday - Federal Income Tax Landscape
10/26/2023Three on Thursday - Energy
10/19/2023Three on Thursday - Federal Government Finances
10/12/2023Three on Thursday - Federal Reserve's Financials
10/5/2023Three on Thursday - U.S. Dollar
9/28/2023Three on Thursday - Manufacturing
9/21/2023Three on Thursday - Housing

These posts were prepared by First Trust Advisors L.P., and reflect the current opinion of the authors. They are based upon sources and data believed to be accurate and reliable. Opinions and forward looking statements expressed are subject to change without notice. This information does not constitute a solicitation or an offer to buy or sell any security.
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