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October 2022
Recession Odds Are Rising: Despite significant inflation, consumer spending remains strong with consumer credit card delinquencies near all-time lows. . .
October 2022
Earnings Are Decelerating: Two key factors negatively impacting the stock market recently areslowing corporate earnings growth and rising interest rates. . .
July 2022
Inflation Takes Center Stage: Inflation is proving more persistent than hoped, with the most recent CPI (Consumer Price Index) report showing 8.6% inflation. . .
July 2022
A Rare Double Bear Market: Stocks and bonds were both in bear markets at the same time inthe second quarter, a very rare occurrence. . .
January 2022
Economic Growth Should Soften But Remain Strong In 2022: The U.S. economy is expected to grow 3.9% in 2022. . .
January 2022
High Valuations: One common theme among these strategies is that valuations are historically high. . .
October 2021
Growth remains strong, but is slowing. The economy continues to rebound strongly this year. . .
October 2021
Our investment strategy includes the following recommendations: Significantly overweight international stocks relative to domestic stocks. . .
January 2021
The economy could strengthen with stimulus and widespread vaccinations. . .
January 2020
The economy has averaged 2.3% growth before inflation, since the recession ended over 10 years ago. Peak growth occurred earlier in the expansion. . .
November 2019
In August 2019, Jyske Bank in Denmark began offering 10-year mortgages with negative interest rates of -0.5%. Most of us find it hard to comprehend a negative-rate mortgage. . .
August 2019
The yield curve recently inverted for the first time in over a decade. Does it predict recessions?
July 2019
Real GDP growth in the first quarter registered a surprising 3.1%, surprising because of expectations for a more meaningful slowdown. . .
April 2019
Over the last year, each quarter's economic growth has been less than the prior quarter (4.2% Q2, 3.4% Q3, and 2.2% Q4). . .
January 2019
The US economy's rate of growth will slow along with other economies, according to most forecasters.. . .
December 2019
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