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Over the last couple of weeks, the market has been warning to the risk of a downturn, all that was needed was a catalyst to change sentiment. With mutual fund distributions running through the first two weeks of December, there is additional downside pressure on stocks near term. ...

There is as yet no evidence of more severe symptoms from Omicron, and South Africa’s early recognition and communication offer the possibility of more successful global containment efforts. EM CDS surged 34 for the week, the biggest weekly gain since September 2020. The Mex...

With Friday’s close, the S&P 500 is trading at 20x the “expected” 8% EPS growth for 2022, while expected 2021 EPS is growing in the mid-40% range. Q421's expected S&P 500 EPS growth of 21.6% has changed little since the 10.1.21 expected growth rate of 21.7...

Pension funds are starting to take greater risks. When we consider the rising risks in Medicare, Social Security, and national debt, these risks are building towards the perfect storm. Retirees will likely be negatively affected by these issues in the coming decades. For fur...

As expected, risk sellers are heading to government bonds and out of commodity-centric currencies like the loonie and into the US dollar. This extreme cycle has seen participants plough more than $1 trillion (much of it borrowed) into equities alone over the last 12 months – as...

The new covid variant and quick imposition of travel restrictions on several countries in Southern Africa have injected a new dynamic into the mix. From a high level, the US labor market is sizzling. OPEC+ may want to send a signal that it will avoid another devastating price war....

One rule has held over many cycles and that has been, ‘Buy on every ‘crisis’ if the market reflects strong liquidity”. Investors always panic on unexpected negative news and reassess market exposures vs the newly defined risk. If one has adequate liquid...

The announcement on Friday that there is a new, aggressive strain of the coronavirus sent financial markets into a quandary, resulting in a falling stock market and a falling dollar. It seems as if traders now believe that the Federal Reserve needs to focus more on a possibly weaker e...

High frequency indicators can give us a nearly up-to-the-moment view of the economy. The metrics are divided into long leading, short leading, and coincident indicators. There were no changes this week despite the roiling of the markets on Friday, as all time frames remain positiv...

Economic data continues to look solid and the jobs picture improves, but consumers have concerns. Strength begets strength, and there is no better display of strength than money rotating between sectors. The argument for a pullback gets stronger, but so does the chase for performa...