Stocks have recovered better than the earnings outlook anticipated and Jurien Timmer's take on the S&P 500 price index is that it is higher than it should be. Moving to credit, investment grade...
POSTED: Apr22, 2019 |
CATEGORY: Equity, Economics, Market Highlights, Fireside Charts
With some European and Asian markets closed this Easter Monday, we turn our attention first to the U.S. budget. Next, a look into U.S. Federal debt over time - can you guess which year the country...
POSTED: Apr19, 2019 |
CATEGORY: Equity, Economics, Market Highlights, Fireside Charts
The Chicago FED's regional business activity indicators have softened. From another regional scope, business conditions for all U.S. regions weakened in March with the exception of the South. In...
POSTED: Apr18, 2019 |
CATEGORY: Financial Literacy
What is risk? How do you measure it? In investing, risk can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Industry professionals would typically answer volatility (VIX), standard deviation, Sharpe...
POSTED: Apr17, 2019 |
CATEGORY: Equity, Economics, Market Highlights, Fireside Charts
China's first-quarter GDP growth has held up better than some had feared. Beijing is allowing local governments to issue more bonds. Is this part of a larger stimulus effort? In the United States,...
POSTED: Apr15, 2019 |
CATEGORY: Equity, Economics, Market Highlights, Fireside Charts
Wishing you a happy and safe Patriot’s Day from Boston! The MSCI World Value Index is showing global value stocks are near cheapest versus growth stocks in 19 years. U.S. retail gasoline prices...
POSTED: Apr12, 2019 |
CATEGORY: Market Commentary
At the end of 2018, interest rates were heading higher due to a hawkish Federal Reserve (FED); both global trade and manufacturing were slowing as the trade war raged on; and earnings expectations...
POSTED: Apr11, 2019 |
CATEGORY: Financial Literacy
Who defines the world of finance and economics today? Between the market-trend tweeters (do people still talk about Bitcoin?), hedge fund managers, the on-air entertainment reporters on CNBC, and ...
POSTED: Apr10, 2019 |
CATEGORY: Equity, Economics, Market Highlights, Fireside Charts
For the first quarter, Energy, Materials, and Technology stocks are expected to see the largest earnings contractions. Small-cap earnings increasingly lag their large cap peers. Brent (oil) is...
POSTED: Apr08, 2019 |
CATEGORY: Equity, Economics, Market Highlights, Fireside Charts
Did you know? On this day in market history, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act to create $5 million in work relief programs during the Great Depression....
