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Summary Expectations surrounding central bank policy, China’s gradual reopening and a lower US dollar are key to investor sentiment in the final stretch of 2022. Central banks have increased interest rates at the fastest rate on record, and there are signs that higher yields are ...

Summary US President Joe Biden inked the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law on August 16. This legislation will likely be transformative over the long term as it is the largest government-led investment in clean energy in US history. The US goal is to achieve a 50%-52% red...

Summary U.S. midterm elections: Win, lose or draw for markets? What sectors may benefit from a divided government. Will equity markets get the post midterm election bump? For further details see: U.S. Midterm Elections: Win, Lose Or Draw For Markets? ...

Summary Why the declines in tech on the S&P 500 may be hiding strength in other sectors from investors. The energy sector may still provide opportunities for investors. Insurers are not suffering the same challenges as other financials in the current high-rate environment....

Summary In today's issue of the 1-Minute Market Report, I examine the market bounce since the October low, and highlight the areas of the market that are leading the way higher. On Thursday, for every stock that was down, there were 26 that were up. For the first time since August...

Summary The Inflation Reduction Act could usher in a golden age for energy generation, storage and distribution. For decades, utilities have been a steady, if not a scintillating attraction for equity investors. In all, we expect the clean-energy benefits of the IRA to catalyz...

Summary Few sectors escaped this year’s global equity selloff in Q3. Those most vulnerable to the punishing effects of the recent spike in interest rates have paid an especially heavy toll. Real estate, telecom, utilities and tech were the worst performers in most marke...

Summary We expect macro headwinds will continue to pressure U.S. corporate earnings in the coming months. We expect earnings expectations to decline as multinational firms realize foreign exchange headwinds that accelerated over the past year. Investors can avoid undue interna...

Summary NLR’s holdings are heavily weighted toward utility stocks. Some of the utility holdings don’t even count nuclear as their main source of electricity. NLR tracks global utility ETFs much more closely than it does uranium producers. Since bottomin...

Summary It is not clear what a new market design would look like, but many politicians have called for price caps, albeit in many different forms. The merit order ensures that the cheapest technologies enter the market first but implies that the price is set by the most expensive ...