USVM News and Press, USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum Blend Index From 05/07/24

2024-05-07 07:45:00 ET Summary The latest FOMC meeting caused a stock rally as Jerome Powell turned more “dovish” than expected. The reversal of QT means a buyer of Treasury bonds is returning to the market, increasing overall market liquidity. While the stock ra...

2024-05-07 01:28:42 ET Summary The Federal Reserve uses the Federal Funds Rate to manage inflation by influencing borrowing and reducing demand for loans. Higher interest rates result in increased interest expenses for the overall economy. The US has a debt to GDP ratio of abo...

2024-05-06 21:30:00 ET Summary I am sure we will have more corrections in 2024, but as far as the April edition is concerned, it appears to be over, with the Fed Chairman sounding dovish in his FOMC press conference last week. The Treasury market cooperated, with the 10-year yield...

2024-05-06 11:00:00 ET Summary Most market analysis is centered around news and economic events. Yet, markets often react opposite of common expectations. We could be setting up a 25% decline in 2024. The market rallied over 1% on Friday on a much worse than expe...

2024-05-06 10:15:00 ET Summary We look to incoming data to determine where the Federal Reserve will go, rather than its policy signals. Solid corporate earnings keep us overweight U.S. stocks. U.S. stocks clawed higher thanks to earnings beating expectations, even as the Fed meeti...

2024-05-06 09:35:00 ET Summary The IMF upgraded US growth forecasts for 2024 by +0.6% of GDP, and Chinese PMIs are back to expansion. There aren’t any bad EM stories right now, with almost all of the typical problem cases in EM making meaningful policy adjustments. The ...

2024-05-06 09:18:00 ET Summary In April, employers added 175,000 payroll jobs – excluding farm workers and the self-employed – a slower pace from the upwardly revised March estimate of 315,000 additions, which had been huge. The BLS bases its employment and unemploym...

2024-05-06 09:00:00 ET Summary The new reported job growth was considered a 'miss' in that it came in below expectations, and for the first time in months, the media did not declare the jobs report to be 'a blowout' or 'strong.' If we look more closely at this report, what we real...

2024-05-06 08:00:00 ET Summary The dollar is mostly a little softer today in thin market conditions, with Tokyo, Seoul, and London closed for holidays. Equities are off to a constructive start this week after the strong US rally before the weekend. Most markets in the region a...

2024-05-06 07:30:00 ET Summary Interest rates are unchanged over the last six months. The recent rise in rates that has had markets in an uproar the last few weeks appears to have run its course. While the 10 year Treasury yield is still in a short-term uptrend, the technical patt...