Rates Will Dictate Market Trends
10.04.2022 The market downturn this year has been one of the most orderly declines in memory. The […]
Strong Dollar Feedback Loop Hurts Top and Bottom Lines
09.28.2022 Market risk-takers are grappling with the double-barreled threat of persistent dollar strength and dramatically higher interest […]
Anatomy of a Drawdown
09.20.22 Stocks rise and stocks fall. The good news: historically, equity markets have generally risen in four […]
Looking Back on Yesterday’s Plunge
09.14.22 Global equity markets plunged yesterday, and interest rates rose in response to a hotter-than-expected consumer inflation […]
What Will Tomorrow’s August CPI Portend?
09.12.22 Persistent inflation is probably the largest financial challenge faced by the global equity and bond markets. […]
Dividend Stocks Back in the Limelight
09.07.22 Dividends, an underappreciated equity market attribute, are finally getting the attention they deserve. If you were […]
Drilling Down Into Europe’s Crisis
09.01.22 Labor Day marks the end of summer in the US. But families head home from the […]
The Dollar and the Fed
08.24.22: As Fed officials convene in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this week, investors fret that Jay Powell & […]
Beijing Grapples with Weaker-than-Expected Economy
08.17.22 China’s slowing economy has the potential to drag down global inflation and growth. The world’s second-largest […]
What Does the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Mean for Equities?
08.09.22: The US Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act over the weekend along party lines with Vice […]
Is the Bond Market Right About Equities?
08.03.2022 The Fed is tightening, the economy is in technical recession, the mood is sour . . […]
Inflation Could Be Peaking in July
07.27.2022 The Fed is poised to ratchet rates up again this afternoon. If they tighten 75bps, which […]
Could the S&P 500 Index Be too Pessimistic?
07.27.2022: As we run headlong into Q2/22 earnings season, corporate America is juggling multiple issues including inflation, […]
Crude Conundrum
07.12.2022: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) released its oil market outlook for 2023, suggesting demand […]
1H/22 Recap and Outlook
07.08.2022 Market Recap: No Place to Hide It all started with inflation. Fueled by a combustible blend […]
A Mid-Year Reexamination of Fixed Income
06.22.22: Over the years, bonds and stocks have played complementary roles in portfolio management, the foundation of […]