December 19, 2022
The Fed Grinch
Inflation Data The Consumer Price Index (CPI) report that measures inflation ended up being a nice Christmas surprise. The report came in at 7.1%, beating the expectation of 7.3%....
December 12, 2022
Inflation: Naughty or Nice?
Interest Rate Hikes This year is coming to a close, and very few market participants would disagree with the idea that inflation and the Federal Reserve have been the...
December 5, 2022
Low on Energy, High on Jobs
The Price of Gas The G7 plus Australia have agreed to implement a $60 price cap on barrels of oil from Russia. The reason that this is impactful is...
November 28, 2022
Markets, Elections and China
China Lockdowns Over the weekend, following the data on Black Friday and holiday shopping, we received news regarding major China protests, across the country, against Covid lockdowns and poor...
November 21, 2022
Carving Up Inflation
Consumer Credit As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, we're also getting closer to the big spending day with Black Friday, and there are a lot of different thoughts...
November 14, 2022
The Impact of the Elections?
Consumer Spending and Corporate Profits While the market will have to wait a few more weeks to get clarity on what the makeup of Congress will look like, we...
November 7, 2022
Charting the Course
Fundamentals vs. Technicals On a chart from our research partners at Strategas shown in this episode, you will see the S&P 500 and what it looked like in the...
October 31, 2022
Trends
Inflation The recent inflation data has been negative, and individuals are feeling the pinch at the pump and the grocery store. Inflation has risen at a fairly fast pace, historically....
October 24, 2022
The McRib and Markets
History of The McRib We have plenty of charts to show today, but perhaps the most interesting chart of the day is about the McRib making a comeback. It has...
October 17, 2022
Investors’ Wishlist
Historical Volatility As volatility remains high, we continue to look back at the history of the market to see what could lie ahead as we get closer to the midterm...