It’s a tradition here to write about what scares us around Halloween each year.
Possible Halloween Scares For Markets And The Economy | Weekly Market Commentary | October 30, 2023
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Weekly Market Commentary
Can Something Good Come From A Crisis? | Weekly Market Commentary | October 23, 2023
Despite headwinds, the U.S. could experience structural changes in the labor market, residential real estate, and inflation as the post-pandemic economy progresses into the New Year.
Earnings Hope To Keep This One-Year Old Bull Market Going | Weekly Market Commentary | October 16, 2023
The October-November reporting season can be particularly interesting because full-year numbers are nearly locked in while more companies share thoughts on the year ahead. Here are several things we will be watching as reports stream in.
Higher For Longer – Updating Our Treasury Forecast | Weekly Market Commentary | October 9, 2023
U.S. Treasury yields have seemingly been moving in one direction lately (higher), with the 30-year Treasury yield temporarily breaching 5% for the first time since 2007.
Prospects For a Fourth Quarter Rally | Weekly Market Commentary | October 2, 2023
After a difficult September for stocks, investors are surely ready to flip the calendar to October. That’s the month that kicks off the historically strong fourth quarter.
Is India The New China? | Weekly Market Commentary | September 25, 2023
India has emerged as a compelling economic growth story and an increasingly attractive alternative to China within the emerging markets complex. A growing population with a robust and young workforce, significant infrastructure spending, and an ongoing digital transformation have been key catalysts to India’s outperformance over China.
Buy Japan, Hold U.S., Sell Europe | Weekly Market Commentary | September 18, 2023
Recent data suggests economic conditions in Europe are deteriorating, removing a key element of LPL Research’s positive view of the attractively valued developed international equities asset class.
The Growing List -and Politicization- of BRICS and Friends | Weekly Market Commentary | September 11, 2023
The BRIC acronym, without the “S,” was introduced in 2001 by the Goldman Sachs chief economist who highlighted the prodigious growth and investment prospects of Brazil, Russia, India, and China combined.
What is Normal? | Weekly Market Commentary | September 5, 2023
The 1980s were a time of great movies, parachute pants, and even better music. Throw in the release of Pac-Man and the launch of MTV (when they actually played music videos), and the 80s were largely considered by some (me) to be the best decade ever! The 1980s also saw the start of one of the most impressive bull market runs in recent history: The start of the bond bull market.
Lessons Learned From The Grand Tetons | Weekly Market Commentary | August 28, 2023
The Federal Reserve (Fed) often uses the Jackson Hole Symposium to announce tweaks in policy. Other central bank leaders are also worth watching as investors try to perceive where rates will be in the coming months. In this piece, we discuss some of the opportunities and risks we see in the markets and the economy following the central banker confab. We close the piece with investment implications.
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