John Graves

Managing member, The Renaissance Group, John has appeared in numerous TV, radio and journal reviews for his four books on retirement, energy and pandemics.

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

The Index of CEO confidence on the US economy remains sluggish, as it has been since Trump came into power in 2016. Will there be a recovery after the election?#index #trump #useconomy #ceo #confidence #economy #power #recovery #election #remain #stocks #finance #economy

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

US retail sales continue to recover from the historic slump from #COVID19, as seen in the June numbers recently. #retailsales #sales #sale #continue #seen #number #markets #finance #stocks #stockmarkets #financialmarkets #economy #economicrecovery #recession #depression

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

Demand for consumer products still very low in the first half of June, even as the economy opens up. Cars and clothing imports down by 1/3 from last year.#automotivegram #lastyear #consumerproducts #consumer #products #product #half #economy #cars #apparel #import #open

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

The Fed has come to the recue – the ratio of US distressed debt has significantly dropped since they announced QE infinity and promised to buy hundreds of billions of $ in corp debt.#fed #qeinfinity #ratio #debt #infinity #hundreds #drop #announced #promise #buy #distresseddebt

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

With the price of oil at about $40/barrel, Qatar is the only country that can balance its budget among the Arab oil and gas producers.#qatar #oilandgas #price #oil #country #budget #gas #producers #producer #priceofoil #barrel #balancing #economy #finance #stocks #stockmarket

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

The week ending July 17 saw the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for the US rise by 1.2%.#index #week #policy #rise #economicpolicy #july17 #finance #markets #financialmarkets #stocks #stockmarkets #economy #economics #economicrecovery #economicuncertainty

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

As the month comes to an end there are 25 million Americans who will no longer be receiving their $600 weekly unemployment benefit from the COVID-19 federal relief bill.#americans #unemployment #relief #toanend #month #markets #finance #stocks #stockmarkets #financialmarkets

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

Planning for Long Term Care? If you’re over 65, you certainly should be. 70% chance that you will need LTC during your lifetime, according to the US Health and Human Services Dept.#ltc #longtermcare #planning #term #care #chance #lifetime #health #wellbeing #human #humanrace

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

The Index of CEO confidence on the US economy remains sluggish, as it has been since Trump came into power in 2016. Will there be a recovery after the election?#index #trump #useconomy #ceo #confidence #economy #power #recovery #election #remain #stocks #finance #economy

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

US retail sales continue to recover from the historic slump from #COVID19, as seen in the June numbers recently. #retailsales #sales #sale #continue #seen #number #markets #finance #stocks #stockmarkets #financialmarkets #economy #economicrecovery #recession #depression

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

Demand for consumer products still very low in the first half of June, even as the economy opens up. Cars and clothing imports down by 1/3 from last year.#automotivegram #lastyear #consumerproducts #consumer #products #product #half #economy #cars #apparel #import #open

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

The Fed has come to the recue – the ratio of US distressed debt has significantly dropped since they announced QE infinity and promised to buy hundreds of billions of $ in corp debt.#fed #qeinfinity #ratio #debt #infinity #hundreds #drop #announced #promise #buy #distresseddebt

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

With the price of oil at about $40/barrel, Qatar is the only country that can balance its budget among the Arab oil and gas producers.#qatar #oilandgas #price #oil #country #budget #gas #producers #producer #priceofoil #barrel #balancing #economy #finance #stocks #stockmarket

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

The week ending July 17 saw the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for the US rise by 1.2%.#index #week #policy #rise #economicpolicy #july17 #finance #markets #financialmarkets #stocks #stockmarkets #economy #economics #economicrecovery #economicuncertainty

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

As the month comes to an end there are 25 million Americans who will no longer be receiving their $600 weekly unemployment benefit from the COVID-19 federal relief bill.#americans #unemployment #relief #toanend #month #markets #finance #stocks #stockmarkets #financialmarkets

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

Corporate debt levels continue to rise in the US causing debate on how it might be possible to unwind without sparking a new financial crisis. #debt #level #crisis #rise #corporatedebt #financialcrisis #intheus #continue #causing #cause #markets #finance #stocks #stockmarkets

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

Many Americans, now working or studying remotely, moved temporarily towards less populated areas as the virus spread through cities. Could this be the beginning of a long-term trend?#longterm #americans #virus #beginning #term #trend #working #work #studying #study #cities

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

Rising temperatures could push grape production further north to new regions with inexperienced growers. Grapes currently represent 14% of the Mediterranean���s total agricultural production.#mediterranean #production #region #grower #rising #rise #represent #risingtemperatures

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

Experts believe increased testing is required to slow the spread of COVID-19 but 70% of US states have not been able to meet their daily testing targets.#experts #expert #testing #states #targets #target #believe #increase #required #havenot #beable #usstates #spread #increased

[John Graves @RenaissanceRIA]

Jobless claims continued to decline during June but at June 27 they still represented 12.4% of workers. #claim #workers #decline #represent #joblessclaims #june27 #claims #worker #continued #continue #represented #economy #finance #stocks #stockmarkets #economicconditions