Stories by Terry Ponick

Biographical Note: Dateline Award-winning music and theater critic for The Connection Newspapers and the Reston-Fairfax Times, Terry was the music critic for the Washington Times print edition (1994-2010) and online Communities (2010-2014). Since 2014, he has been the Senior Business and Entertainment Editor for Communities Digital News (CDN). A former stockbroker and a writer and editor with many interests, he served as editor under contract from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and continues to write on science and business topics. He is a graduate of Georgetown University (BA, MA) and the University of South Carolina where he was awarded a Ph.D. in English and American Literature and co-founded one of the earliest Writing Labs in the country. Twitter: @terryp17

Wall Street bloodbath, defeat rising despotism

Wall Street Bloodbath: Walmart, Target, retail stocks sink market Big Time

Wednesday’s poor reports from Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and (*gasp*) Target (NYSE: TGT), created a genuine Wall Street bloodbath.

Bear Market of 2022: Cyclical or secular?

Given the continuously horrible stock market action since January 1, investors want to know: Is the Bear Market of 2022 cyclical or secular?

US stocks have fallen, Bidenomics, Wall Street head fake, Dow stocks decline again, stocks puke, ZeroHedge, Biden't capital gains taxRocket Companies, Quicken, tech shares, Redditors, short sellers, market crash, Wuhan coronavirus, stock portfolio, stock portfolios

US stocks have fallen. Again. And they can’t get up. Bidenomics?

A nasty and inconclusive McClellan Oscillator chart adds to the confusion about why US stocks have fallen. Is Putin really to blame? Or Bidenomics?

Fed raises interest rates, US stock market rallies

Fed raises interest rates by .5%. US stock market… rallies?

You heard that right. The Fed raises interest rates by a scary 0.5%. And the US stock market rallies? What's going on here?

Musk deal on again? Twitter soars, Trump’s DWAC faceplants. (UPDATED)

The Musk deal for Twitter is on again. (Or more.) Meanwhile, Trump's DWAC faceplants due to potential Twitter competition. Wow!

Interest rates up another 0.5%? Powell cancels Thursday stock market rally

Interest rates up again? Powell's 1 p.m. ET remarks essentially negated a nice stock market rally that began Thursday morning.

Red ink Thursday on Wall Street as consumer prices soar

Tuesday's bulls opened US stocks in the green today. But soon, they changed their minds, morphing the trading action into a Red Ink Tuesday as consumer prices soar.

Good Friday 2022 trading schedule, US stocks and bonds

Good Friday 2022 trading schedule for US Stocks and Bonds

WASHINGTON – It seems somewhat quaint to an increasingly agnostic and / or atheistic USA in 2022. But Wall Street still observes, even with some reverence, an annual suspension of trading and investing activities coinciding with Good Friday and Easter Weekend. And the Good Friday 2022 trading schedule for US stocks and bonds is no ...

Defeat Rising Despotism: Democratic Republic to Fascist Dictatorship, Pt. II

Today's article offers the positive prescription needed to defeat America's rising despotism as promoted by WEF / and faux-Marxist fascists.

Wednesday’s Fed-induced selling splurge worsens stock market plunge

Wall Street continued Tuesday's ongoing stock market plunge. Selling intensified, as Wednesday's selling splurge worsened.

Democratic republic, fascist dictatorship

Democratic Republic to Fascist Dictatorship: Pt. I. The Decline of America

Today we follow the long decline of America's Democratic Republic into a full-blown Fascist Dictatorship: the final Decline of America.

US stocks trending down, Fed interest rate hikes, faceplant, stocks soar

US stocks trending down as investors await news on Fed interest rate hikes

Since Tuesday's opening bell, we’ve seen US stocks trending down, as anxious investors await more news on further Fed interest rate hikes.

Michael Rectenwald on WEF’s Great Reset: What it is, where it’s going

Today's guest article by Michael Rectenwald is an exposé of the WEF’ goal of imposing a disastrous “Great Reset” on Western democracies.

The Great Reset, the Great Freedom Reset

The Great Reset: It’s high time to launch the Great Freedom Reset

To halt its spread, the freedom-loving opponents of the Great Reset must mount a massively, internationally supported Great Freedom Reset.

Joe Duarte opines on the ‘Edge of Chaos’ in US stocks. Provocative

Stock market guru Joe Duarte opined that stocks could resume their long-delayed march back to bullish mode. Or not. The "Edge of Chaos"?

TRUTH Social update: Trying to use the app? Or invest? Good luck

This past February, I posted an article announcing the availability of the all-new TRUTH Social app. Now it's time for a TRUTH Social update.

US stocks rally, social security payouts up,bulls or bears, NASDAQ recovery, McClellan Oscillator, purchased money market funds, bank sweep accounts, bank sweeps

US stocks rally nearly all week. Short-term bottom in?

For the first time in a long time – at least since January 1, 2022 – bullish investors watched US stocks rally nearly all St. Patrick’s week.

don't fight the Fed, don't fight the tape, creeping fascism, globalists, Marxists

Note to Investors: Don’t fight the Fed. Fight creeping fascism instead

As the late Marty Zweig routinely urged investors: Don't fight the tape. And don't fight the Fed. In 2022, beware of creeping fascism, too.

Interest rate hikes, market patterns, and Ukraine: Handy investor checklist

Exploring the critical issues of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and market patterns in US stocks and bonds. An investor checklist.

US inflation continues at a torrid pace. Covid, Ukraine pressure stocks

US inflation continued raging at a torrid pace last month, year-over-year. The ongoing Covid overhang plus the Ukraine debacle don't help.