SFY News and Press, SoFi Select 500 From 02/17/21

When the economy overheats, central banks try to calm it down; when it's depressed, they try to prop it up, as they are doing at the moment. We are experiencing the most aggressive intervention in the economy and financial markets by the Fed and the US Treasury, which is why stocks ar...

Business shows its optimism with its investments. Credit conditions are easing. The business cycle is on a strong upswing – good news for equities. For further details see: A Strong Economy And Easier Lending Standards Are Fueling The Bull Market

Washington appears to be back at the center of the market’s attention as Congress moves to pass yet another fiscal package. For the moment, inflation is in check (prices as measured by the CPI rose about 1.5% year over year in January, a touch lower than the pre-COVID rate), bu...

Currently, we are at a P/E of 31 on the S&P 500. The last time that we saw valuations this stretched was in early 2000. With interest rates so low and policy so accommodative, we will see investors chasing things higher for longer. For further details see: An Era Of ...

Investors are growing increasingly hopeful about the economic outlook and next week's PMIs will tell us whether businesses share their optimism. Central bank minutes will also provide more insight into whether policy makers are encouraged and what it means for monetary policy. Opt...

Central banking traditionally operated as a judicious and conservative institution, with an overarching mandate focused on promoting monetary and financial stability. The world is now in the throes of history's greatest experiment in central bank doctrine and operations. The probl...

It has now been nearly 25 years since the term "irrational exuberance" permanently entered our financial vocabulary. But recent developments bring the phrase to mind with new relevance. However, if we look past these recent aberrations, we may find evidence to justify at least some se...

Why market valuations are still reasonable. What reopening stocks are poised to rebound. Will 2020 pandemic winners be laggards in 2021? For further details see: High-Flying Markets: How High Can They Go?

Risk assets have compressed in yield against Treasuries, so that any meaningful yield of anything has gotten wrung out of the markets. For the first time ever, yields in the High Yield markets are now less than 4.00%. In other words, you are getting paid about nothing for credit risk....

Year over year, the value of goods traded between the U.S. and China surged in December 2020. The level of the combined value of traded goods between the U.S. and China rose by $14 billion in December 2020 year over year. The growth rate of China's imports from the U.S. has been p...