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With the Nasdaq index more oversold than the S&P 500, I suspect we will see a rally shortly in these stocks, which we will use as a "selling" opportunity to reduce exposure. Both international and emerging markets are well ahead of any expected growth in the U.S. economy, so the r...

Global business cycles are closely interconnected. Global business cycles are closely synchronized. Global equity markets respond accordingly. For further details see: Investing In Foreign Markets Sounds Exciting - But Isn't Always

SH: Today we have with us Tara Sinclair, an associate professor of economics and international affairs at George Washington University and a senior fellow of the Indeed Hiring Lab. Dr. Sinclair is also a research professor at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) in Germany, a...

The energy sector posted a gain during the final quarter of 2019. In Q4, energy commodities rebounded by 3.38%. In 2019, the sector was 15.11% higher than at the end of 2018. WTI and Brent crude oil posted significant gains on the year, but the prices had declined to low levels at the end of...

As the end of 2019 approaches, the crude oil market looks set to post an impressive percentage gain for the year. On December 31, 2018, nearby NYMEX crude oil futures closed at $45.81 per barrel. At around $61.70 on December 27, the price of the energy commodity was 34.7% higher on the year. ...

By Erik Knutzen The events and data of recent weeks make us want to err on the side of caution. Our Asset Allocation Committee’s quarterly Outlook will come out this week, and the headline is that members see a return to “two-tier growth.” The last time we used...

On Friday, February 8, the USDA released its first World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report for 2019. The January report was a casualty of the government shutdown. The agricultural markets greeted the report that outlines the latest supply and demand fundamentals with little mor...