The juggling act continued as the market balanced strong corporate earnings over the week, President Trump’s commentary driving oil prices down (though they did bounce back) and a sell-off in treasuries given better-than-expected economic data. I. Corporate EarningsCorporate earnings continue to…
Market participants may be suffering from a bad case of whiplash. Rhetoric from Washington regarding tariffs on Chinese imports and trade wars seems to swing like a pendulum, roiling the markets. Further, given the kickoff to the earnings season coupled…
While nothing is certain when it comes to the markets, the one theme that seems to be reoccurring as of late is increased volatility. The market kicked off the week thinking that the tariff tensions between China and the U.S.…
Volatility created jitters in both the equity and bond markets throughout the first quarter of the year and there are no signs of it abating. Speculation on Federal Reserve activity, inflation concerns, strong economic indicators, tariffs and increased oversight, particularly…
I. FOMC Meeting Hawkish sentiments emanated from the new Fed Chair, Jerome Powell, last week as he presided over his first FOMC meeting. As widely expected, the Federal Reserve unanimously hiked the federal funds upper limit rate from 1.5% to 1.75%,…
After the U.S. elections and Brexit rocked 2016, 2017 was a relatively calmer year for the markets across the board. Tides will likely turn as disruptive forces, a year of “unknowns” and increased volatility will keep market practitioners on their…
Despite the House of Representatives passing tax legislation, that would lower corporate taxes to levels not seen since 1939, major stock indices and the greenback were on their way to end the week lower, at the time of this writing.…
While the Houston Astros won their first World Series last week, a number of other “firsts” regarding the markets occurred as well: 1) President Trump tapped his first nomination for Federal Reserve chairperson, Jerome Powell. Powell is viewed to continue…
While the market was inundated with market news and economic data last week, this upcoming week will be a pivotal one: President Trump is expected to announce his nomination for Fed Chair; his pick will have obvious implications on the…
