Inflation Reheats while Employment Retreats
After a streak of positive jobs data, April’s payroll numbers MASSIVELY missed expectations. The economy adding just 266K jobs during the month vs an expectation of nearly 1M. In short, this was one [...]
March 2021 Market Update
Not A Happy St. Patrick’s Day for Bonds!?Investors with exposure to bonds have been asking two primary questions. The first centers around whether current interest rate trends will continue. The second, builds upon the first [...]
February 2021 Market Update
Yields Rising Market Diving All eyes are on interest rates as the 10-year Treasury yield continues to grow. Rates are rising on increasing optimism the pandemic is coming to an end and the economy [...]
January 2021 Market Update
Economic Traction with Fed and Stimulus Action The Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made it clear he will continue to support the bond market, saying "now is not the time" for a discussion to [...]
December 2020 Market Update
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 [...]
November 2020 Market Update
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 [...]