June 2, 2021
The Markets Are we at a tipping point? One side effect of the pandemic was a collapse in demand for oil, which led to “the largest […]
May 25, 2021
The Markets What do markets hate? They hate uncertainty, and recently there has been plenty of it. Some of the questions plaguing economists and pundits include: […]
May 19, 2021
The Markets Uncle Inflation is here. Will he overstay his welcome? Ever since the financial crisis, central banks have pursued expansionary monetary policies to encourage reflation […]
May 11, 2021
The Markets It wasn’t just the price of pork chops. Like a gender reveal gone wrong, last week’s employment report delivered an unexpected surprise. Economists estimated […]
May 4, 2021
The Markets It’s Spring and economic recovery is in the air. Last week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported the U.S. economy grew at a 6.4 […]
April 27, 2021
The Markets It wasn’t just the price of pork chops. Last week, as investors weighed the news, strong corporate earnings were offset by higher grocery prices […]
April 20, 2021
The Markets Where are Treasury bonds going? The direction of bond yields is influenced by investors’ expectations for economic growth, among other factors. When economic growth […]
April 13, 2021
The Markets Investors didn’t stumble over inflation last week. Why not? Inflation – rising prices of goods and services – can be measured in a variety […]
The Markets – June 8, 2021