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Markets are nervous in front of Thursday's Consumer Price Index report. The sell-off in tech stocks at the end of yesterday's trading day is likely a prelude of what is to come if we see a print above 7%. Yet the economy is gaining strength as the latest wave of the pandemic fades...

Year-to-date, the FAANMG index declined 9.7% on a cap-weighted basis vs. a decline of 6.5% for the S&P 500. FAANMG stocks continue to deliver robust top-line growth and strong margins. 2022 looks to be a tough year for FAANMG from an earnings growth perspective. For furt...

In addition to the Atlanta Fed’s shocking GDP estimate of only 0.1% GDP growth this quarter, many U.S. statistics are turning down, in part due to rising inflation and some recent lockdowns due to COVID. Workers are still quitting in droves. The Labor Department reported that 4...

Interestingly, there was a lot of whispering on trading desks about the employment numbers, and with good reason. The markets are now trading on data estimates based on other data estimates that are being taken as gospel truth by algos. I recently recommended purchasing shares of ...

Globally, most central banks have clearly changed their policy orientation to one of fighting inflation. The markets have reacted rationally. Since the markets are also leading indicators, we also need to keep an eye on the degree and tone of sell-offs. For further details s...

The BLS reported that the economy created 467,000 jobs in the month of January while the unemployment rate remained constant at 4%, as did the participation rate (62.2%). We are still 2,875,000 jobs short of where we were before the pandemic hit. Interestingly, as one indicator of...

2022 has already started with a sharp reversal away from mega-cap and growth and toward value and high-dividend strategies. The MSCI World gained 7.77% over the quarter: the best quarter of 2021 and the sixth quarter of positive performance since March 2020’s nadir. Researc...

The growing US debt will impact our children’s assets and the future value of what our grandchildren inherit. It would be prudent to expect taxes of all sorts to increase. Increased taxes will lower the reported earnings of companies and will probably delay dividend increases. ...

Markets are pricing in ever more rate hikes amid hawkish policy signals. We see the eventual outcome as more benign - but brace for volatility along the way. Bond yields rose across the globe after hawkish policy moves, record euro area inflation, and much stronger-than-expected U.S. ...

The Fed is changing its stance, and so may the stock market. Instead of a relentless march higher in equity prices, we may be in the midst of a 15-18 month trading range as the battle between the bulls and bears rages on. Volatility in the market tends to reduce over time, everything ...