September 2023 Background The government is poised to shutdown if a funding bill isn’t passed by September 30th. Speaker McCarthy is attempting to corral Republican support for a bill but is facing [...]
May 2023 Background The US government is facing a critical decision regarding the debt ceiling, a cap on government borrowing that affects only the ability to pay existing bills, not to approve [...]
March 2023 Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is the 16th largest in the U.S., with $209 billion in assets as of Dec. 31. It is by far the biggest bank to fail since [...]
August 2022 Overview: In the second quarter, the US economy shrank at a 0.9% annualized rate, making it the second decline in a row and propelling the debate of if the economy [...]
March 2022 Summary: As the Russia invasion of Ukraine escalates, we examined prior geopolitical events to provide historical context. While no two geopolitical events are the same, some caused temporary periods [...]
January 2022 Summary: If we only evaluate other rate hikes, current market volatility may continue until after the Fed’s first rate hike. Although bond values and interest rates move inversely, owning [...]
