The AI Productivity Boom
1.11.2024 Artificial Intelligence (AI) captured the imaginations of many of us in late 2022. Investments flooded into […]
2023 in Perspective
01.03.2024 Happy New Year! As we close the books on 2023 and consider the prospects for 2024, […]
Slowing, but Still Positive, Growth and Inflation Likely in 2024
12.20.2023 If markets in 2022 were weighed down by a vertiginous rise in interest rates, markets in […]
Where Is Inflation Headed?
12.13.2023 The path of inflation is probably one of the most important financial influences facing our economy […]
Where Are We on the Fear-Greed Continuum?
12.6.2023 As investment legend Jack Bogle put it, “The stock market is a giant distraction to the […]
Active vs Passive: Ride the Bus, or Take an Uber?
11.29.2023 The S&P gained nearly 20 per cent this year, so why does it feel like stocks […]
Since When Does a Slowing Economy Mean Risk On?
11.22.2023 After suffering through one of the most aggressive tightening cycles, liquidity – the availability of money […]
Is the Office Real Estate Segment Doomed?
11.15.2023 Co-working giant WeWork’s bankruptcy filing earlier this month exemplifies the fundamental challenges facing the post-COVID office […]
Are Equity Investors Jumping the Gun?
11.08.2023 Anticipation of the end of the Fed’s tightening cycle, spurred by a weaker-than-expected jobs report, sparked […]
Looking Beyond Q3 Earnings
11.2.2023 Third quarter 2023 marks the end of the earnings recession. The current quarterly earnings reporting season […]
The Fed vs the Wealth Effect
10.25.2023 Consumer spending continues to defy economists’ expectations against a backdrop of the highest interest rates we’ve […]
Assessing Equities and Bonds on the Momentum/Valuation Continuum
10.18.2023 “A market in motion tends to stay in motion unless otherwise acted upon” is a useful […]
Understanding Higher Yields
10.11.2023 The 10-year Treasury yield plunged more than 10bps, to around 4.7 per cent, on Tuesday morning […]
The Consumer Spending Foundation Is Cracking
10.4.2023 About a year and a half after the Federal Reserve embarked on the most aggressive tightening […]
It’s No Wonder Consumer Confidence Is Falling
09.28.2023 As we enter what we hope will be the final stage of the Fed’s monetary tightening […]
Labor vs Capital: Battling for the Spoils of Innovation
9.20.2023 – In a free market, where investment and risk taking are rewarded, who’s entitled to productivity […]