GBGR News and Press, Global Beta Momentum-Growth From 07/24/22

Financial conditions have tightened considerably, so it’s become more difficult and expensive for companies to do business. Success for the Fed may not feel so great in economic terms, but the central bank knows that we must pay this price to root out inflation. Markets wil...

The FOMC meeting is scheduled for this Wednesday, July 27. The stock market is playing this Fed meeting as if it is a non-event. The market may find out the Fed is not ready to cave in just yet. The week of July 25 will be a big one for markets, with the FOMC meeting on ...

The outcome of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meeting on July 27 is the most important event in the last week of July. The eurozone and the US reported disappointing flash composite July PMIs. The euro often moves inversely to the Italian premium over German. ...

The Fed is intent on raising interest rates to fight inflation and must balance the risk that creates for economic growth. In an analysis of growth versus value stocks using data since 1927, we found value had achieved greatest outperformance in periods of moderate to high inflation. ...

MMT Policy (Modern Monetary Theory), the grand experiment, was tried following the pandemic-driven shutdown of the economy. While MMT policy proponents suggest that giving free money will boost economic equality, the opposite is the case, as shown by the net worth of the top 10% versu...

The coming recession: Deep or shallow? Markets pricing in rate cut in 2023. Overly optimistic? Will 2023 be the rebound year for bonds? The risk of recession grows as the U.S. Fed continues its war against inflation. Michael Craig, Head of Asset Allocation, TDAM ...

Unpacking the initial results from second-quarter earnings season. European Central Bank raises rates for first time in 11 years. Relief in markets as gas flows to Europe resume. On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Chief Investment Strategist for North Americ...

Europe took centre stage last week as leaders waited nervously to see if gas would start flowing through Nord Stream 1 again following scheduled maintenance. Next week the focus switches back to the US which has a big interest rate decision of its own and a number of major earnings re...

Jobless claims have undergone further deterioration in the latest week’s data as the seasonally adjusted number topped 250K for the first time since November. While last week’s reading went unrevised, this week’s reading rose 7K to 251K which is 85K above the earl...

The S&P 500 is falling sharply after the latest S&P Global PMI shows the services sector contracted in July. This is a leading indicator to a contraction in earnings. This is likely to push the S&P 500 PE Ratio to around 14. Stocks don't always do what you wa...