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Powell & A Government Shutdown Hits Stocks
Last week, we noted the ongoing market churn that could last into this week’s Fed meeting. To wit:
“That certainly seemed the case this past week, with...
It’s that time of year when Wall Street polishes up its crystal balls and predicts next year’s market returns. Since Wall Street never predicts a down year, these forecasts are often wrong and...
According to Bank of America, institutional fund managers are sitting on record low cash allocations as they increase their equity holdings. Bank of America believes this is a contrarian indicator...
I never thought someone would label me a “Permabull.” This is particularly true of the numerous articles I wrote over the years about the risks of excess valuations, monetary interventions, and...
Treasury yields rose sharply following the Fed meeting on Wednesday, yet they are collapsing in the world’s second-largest economy, China. While our economy is robust, large foreign economies,...
As widely expected, the Fed cut the Fed Funds rate by 25bps, to 4.25-4.50%, at Wednesday's FOMC meeting. Moreover, they intimated that after cutting rates by 1% since September, they are likely to be...
In August, the BLS revised 2024 employment growth lower by 818k jobs in its preliminary revision of its Current Employment Statistics (CES). Despite the substantial revision, more reductions to the...
Sunday's Commentary touched on the divergence between robust economic growth in the U.S. and near-recessionary conditions in Canada. We highlighted the importance of this to U.S. investors because of...
First Comes The Fed, Then Santa
Last week, we discussed that the risk to the markets was the annual portfolio rebalancing process. To wit:
“With the year-end approaching, portfolio managers need to...
Last week, we discussed how speculation and leverage have returned in earnest to the market as investors rush to take on increasing levels of risk. With markets rising steadily all year, it is...