Market Rises with No Surprises Global stock markets reached new all-time highs during the month of December, as investor optimism continues to show strength around the world (1). While the stock market is a [...]
A Balance of Power and Vaccine Positively Received What’s happening now: Four major events arrived during November, and their effects were both immediately witnessed and continue to be seen in the markets across the [...]
Economic Signs of Life What’s happening now: October continues to show signs of an economy that continues to improve from its abrupt stop. While the recovery is a welcome addition to this year's historic [...]
Low Rates, Market Head Fakes What’s happening now: As noted last week, September has shown an increased level of equity market volatility as technology stocks pulled back. In the Nasdaq Composite Index, an official [...]
Reaching New Highs on Stimulus Expectations What’s happening now: The S&P 500 hit a new all-time high as investors continue to have faith that Congress and the Fed will pump additional stimulus into the [...]
Federal Reserve Pumping Keeps the Market from Dumping? What’s happening now: Equity markets continue to push higher as investors expect Congress and the Fed to continue pumping stimulus into the economy. It is our [...]
Economic Decline with Market Incline What’s happening now: Since our last update, the Fed has continued to support the economy through a growing number of actions and promises. At the June meeting, interest rates were [...]
Previous Confirmations and Forward Expectations What’s going on? When the coronavirus first caused global shutdowns, everyone knew there was historic economic damage occurring across the globe. Reports such as the US weekly initial jobless [...]
Markets Rally as the Global Economy Slows at a Dramatic PaceWhat's going on? The global economy has quickly come to a standstill as efforts to fight the novel COVID-19 virus have continued. Unemployment numbers crushed [...]
Coronavirus Fears Drive Markets While the Economy Continues to GrowWhat’s going on? Markets were rattled by reports of a coronavirus outbreak in China, which has caused tens of thousands of people around the world to [...]
2020 Continues Its Pace From 2019 What’s going on? Although the decade came to a close at the end of 2019, the economy, which began its current expansion over 10 years ago, continues to [...]
An improving US consumer, recovering yield curve, and trade progress drive the market higher in November. What’s going on? Following the Fed’s decision to reduce the Federal Funds Rate by 0.25% in October, [...]
