SCHQ News and Press, Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF From 12/05/23

2023-12-05 03:04:00 ET Summary Has inflation been tamed? Maybe not. Why the Canadian and U.S. economies are moving in different directions. Can Canada avoid a recession? Recent economic data has signaled so-called “sticky” inflation may be showing sig...

2023-12-05 00:10:00 ET Summary October’s numbers did not look good, but November picked up momentum and December may be better, so fourth-quarter GDP may come in better than first feared. Two big international energy-related meetings opened last Thursday – a delayed ...

2023-12-04 14:45:00 ET Summary Bill Ackman, the legendary hedge fund manager, has noted in the last two weeks that the FOMC is likely much closer to cutting rates. The point is that no matter what Powell and the FOMC say, monetary policy can and will change quickly. If there a...

2023-12-04 13:29:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 value index is up nearly 15% and international value stocks are up nearly 10%. Gold and commodities are also both up over that time, but small and midcap stocks and REITs are all down. There’s been a lot of chatter recently tha...

2023-12-04 10:25:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 has gone nowhere for two solid years. Is it finally time to break free from this persistent range? Our macro view is that inflation is not yet defeated, and that process may take the better part of a decade. In that time, we could...

2023-12-04 06:01:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 returned 9.13% during November, with the Nasdaq 100 returning 10.82%. The NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index (HUI) surged 11.20% in November. Gold jumped $52.53, or 2.6%, to $2,036.41. Silver surged $2.43, or 10.6%, to $25.27. Market expec...

2023-12-02 08:10:00 ET Summary Invesco's 2024 Investment Outlook discusses the balancing act between controlling inflation and preventing economic deterioration. The Federal Reserve is expected to begin cutting interest rates by the end of the first half of 2024. Investors sho...

2023-12-02 02:10:00 ET Summary The Goldilocks Economy so beloved of financial news anchors is in that happy medium of growth that is moderate, but still positive. This week saw an upward revision of third quarter GDP real growth to 5.2 percent, while the latest inflation data in t...

2023-12-01 08:25:00 ET Summary Wall Street economists predict a "soft landing" or no recession in 2024, despite recessionary indicators suggesting otherwise. The yield curve inversion is a warning sign of a recession, with the un-inversion marking the start of the recession. O...

2023-11-30 22:15:00 ET Summary All are consistent with the view that the economy is growing at a moderate pace and inflation is fast approaching the Fed's target (indeed, by some measures it is already below target). M2, the most important monetary variable that the world (and the...