The Week Ahead | 09/06/2022
Next week, markets will have their eyes glued to central banks. In particular, investors are eagerly anticipating the ECB meeting next Thursday as well as Fed Chair Powell’s speech that…
The Week Head | 8/29/2022
Chair Powell’s Jackson Hole speech lasted around 8 minutes, and in it, he delivered a more straightforward message with less opportunity for mistakes in interpretation. In short, interest rates will…
The Week Ahead | 8/22/2022
Caution: Don’t Be Fooled By The Stock Market • We are concerned about the direction that company earnings will take. We’re seeing a shift in consumer spending and a stalling…
The Week Ahead | 8/15/2022
The best news the US economy has seen in a long time came from June’s inflation statistics. Both the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Indexes (PPI) recorded better-than-expected…
The Week Ahead | 8/8/2022
Despite some encouraging signs, the economy is still not humming. The unemployment rate remains close to a 50-year low, but the Treasury yield curve is inverted and Federal Reserve officials…
The Week Ahead | 8/1/2022
The month of July has been a splendid month for investors. The fed funds futures market is pricing in another 100 basis points of rate hikes for the remainder of…
The Week Ahead | 7/25/2022
The first half of 2022 was the worst first half of a year for the S&P 500 since 1970! There were a lot of factors contributing to that dour start.…
The Week Ahead | 7/18/2022
The Hot Zone There is a light economic calendar this week, but guess what, it is earning season again. Global Spotlight Italy’s political crisis continues. Prime Minister Mario Draghi will address…
The Week Ahead | 07/11/2022
The Hot Zones this Week Each week there are zones where trading can get wild. I call these the hot zones. These economic announcements will be before the market opens…
The Week Ahead | 6/13/2022
The Hot Zones this Week Each week there are zones where trading can get wild. I call these the hot zones. Tuesday – PPI and Core PPI Wednesday – Retail…