Higher Interest Rates Collide with Global Real Estate
09.06.2023 A noxious blend of inflation and central bank tightening has caused 30-year fixed mortgage rates to […]
The Return of the IPO
08.30.2023 The tightening program started by the Fed in 2022 not only pressured stock and bonds, but […]
The Case for Dividend Growers
08.23.2023 The S&P 500’s strong performance this year has been powered by the promise of artificial intelligence […]
Power Shifts in the Energy Sector
8.16.2023 The energy market represents the complex confluence of fundamentals, geopolitics and public policy, as the world […]
Stocks vs Bonds: A One-Sided Argument No More
08.02.2023 In a span of 16 months, the Federal Reserve’s overnight rate has surged from zero to […]
What Q2 Earnings Imply for Market Valuation and Performance
07.26.2023 Investors have been ensconced in a full-blown earnings contraction that began in Q4/22, resulting from a […]
China’s Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost
07.24.2023 Hope that China would reemerge from its zero-tolerance lockdown policy as a global economic engine has […]
Is it Time to Give REITs a Chance?
7.12.2023 Real estate has been a public market pariah thanks to the Fed and inflation. The benchmark […]
Moneyball Report 2023: Can Money Buy a Winning Team?
7.11.2023 Major League Baseball’s (MLB) All-Star break is here again. It’s the time of year time when […]
What Is Market Breadth Telling Us About Future Returns?
6.28.2023 Credit AI, or a technical bounce, 2023 has been a blockbuster year for a small handful […]
Big Business and Congress on Collision Course
06.21.2023 The Republican Party and big business have been on a collision course lately, with presidential candidates […]
Strong Case for a Fed Pause
06.14.2023 Federal Reserve policymakers convene again this week to decide the direction of monetary policy. Investors are […]
Taking the Pulse of Credit Conditions
06.07.2023 Liquidity – the availability of funds to borrow, spend and invest – is the lifeblood of […]
Debt Ceiling Deal Reached
05.31.2023 President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy shook hands over the weekend on a deal – reached […]
Is the Sun Rising Again in Japan?
05.24.2023 Japan is basking in the international spotlight. The country just played host to the G7 Summit, […]
We Assess the Fed’s Semi-Annual Financial Stability Assessment
05.18.2023 The Federal Reserve released its financial stability report last week, the latest edition of a series […]