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Markets Experience Election Fatigue

“Verrrry interesting.” Arte Johnson’s catch phrase from Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In may not have described U.S. stock markets last week, but there were some interesting economic, cyber-security, and...

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The Fed Resists Urge to Raise Rates

As expected… The dovish U.S. Federal Reserve left rates unchanged last week and markets celebrated. Across the globe, national stock market indices finished the week higher. In the United States, the...

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Rates are DEFINITELY Going Up… at Some Point… in the Future

Last week, Wall Street was speculating about monetary policy with the enthusiasm of commentators trying to predict who will bring home Olympic gold. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is expected...

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The FED Effects Sentiment

Everyone makes mistakes. Some people learn from them. In GMO’s March 2016 white paper, James Montier and Philip Pilkington continued to explore the Federal Reserve’s influence – The FED Effects – on...

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Capital Is Leaving China

When Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testified before the House Financial Services Committee last week, she made no bones about the fact the Fed is keeping an eye on economic developments in China...

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Monday Morning Quarterbacking the FED

Second Guessing the FED is an Age Old American Pastime Americans have been speculating about the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy choices – rate hikes, rate declines, quantitative easing, etc. – for a...

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Markets Didn’t Rally?

Markets Didn’t Rally? As Tom Petty often sang, “The waiting is the hardest part.” Whether it’s waiting for college acceptance letters, medical test results, employment offers, or Federal Reserve...

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Who Is To Blame For Volatility?

Who’s the culprit? No one knows. Speculating on who or what is to blame for recent market weakness is a popular pastime right now. Last week, Barron’s said the search for someone to blame is a lot like...

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2016 Recap

The Markets as of January 3, 2017 What a difference a year makes! At the start of 2016, investors were rather pessimistic and risk averse, preferring bonds to stocks. By the end of the year, they were...

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The FED Turns Hawkish

The Federal Reserve put a hitch in the markets’ giddy-up last week. It wasn’t the Fed’s second interest rate hike in a decade that caused markets to stumble. December’s rate hike was old news before it...

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2016 Recap

The Markets as of January 3, 2017 What a difference a year makes! At the start of 2016, investors were rather pessimistic and risk averse, preferring bonds to stocks. By the end of the year, they were...

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The FED Turns Hawkish

The Federal Reserve put a hitch in the markets’ giddy-up last week. It wasn’t the Fed’s second interest rate hike in a decade that caused markets to stumble. December’s rate hike was old news before it...

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Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Markets Experience Election Fatigue

“Verrrry interesting.” Arte Johnson’s catch phrase from Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In may not have described U.S. stock markets last week, but there were some interesting economic, cyber-security, and...

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Image may be NSFW.
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The Fed Resists Urge to Raise Rates

As expected… The dovish U.S. Federal Reserve left rates unchanged last week and markets celebrated. Across the globe, national stock market indices finished the week higher. In the United States, the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Rates are DEFINITELY Going Up… at Some Point… in the Future

Last week, Wall Street was speculating about monetary policy with the enthusiasm of commentators trying to predict who will bring home Olympic gold. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is expected...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The FED Effects Sentiment

Everyone makes mistakes. Some people learn from them. In GMO’s March 2016 white paper, James Montier and Philip Pilkington continued to explore the Federal Reserve’s influence – The FED Effects – on...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Capital Is Leaving China

When Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testified before the House Financial Services Committee last week, she made no bones about the fact the Fed is keeping an eye on economic developments in China...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Monday Morning Quarterbacking the FED

This fella has questions! Second Guessing the FED is an Age Old American Pastime Americans have been speculating about the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy choices – rate hikes, rate declines,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Markets Didn’t Rally?

Markets Didn’t Rally? As Tom Petty often sang, “The waiting is the hardest part.” Whether it’s waiting for college acceptance letters, medical test results, employment offers, or Federal Reserve...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Who Is To Blame For Volatility?

Who’s the culprit? No one knows. Speculating on who or what is to blame for recent market weakness is a popular pastime right now. Last week, Barron’s said the search for someone to blame is a lot like...

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