03|03|2016
FRB Gag Gift!
Apparently, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) has a sense of humor. An interest rate hike right before the holidays… Great! FRB In a very expected move, the FRB increased...
03|03|2016
Week & Year in Review
Last week was fairly uneventful with markets experiencing light trade as Christmas ended the week. Here is a review of last week’s data as well as a broad look...
03|03|2016
More of The Same?
Happy New Year! The markets ended the year the same way the spent most of it, with a sputter. The Christmas bump occurred, then in light trade the week...
03|03|2016
2015 Hangover
The year started with a screaming market… Just screaming in the wrong direction… That screaming has left us looking for some Advil and volatility under 20. US The week...
03|03|2016
Persistent Pessimism
Week two of the year led to much of the same from week one. The sky is still falling in China and barrels of oil litter everyone’s living rooms…...
03|03|2016
Balancing Act
Markets started the week as they had the prior 2 weeks… Plummeting oil, and continued turbulence out of China. Halfway through the week, markets turned and gave us our...
03|03|2016
Et Tu, Kuroda?
Markets were buoyed on Friday by a Bank of Japan (BOJ) decision to move interest rates into negative territory. While a surprise and a signal of central banks growing...
03|03|2016
The Black Dove
The strong jobs report on Friday sent the markets into a tail spin. It increased the likelihood of the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) staying the course. As the job...
03|03|2016
2008: Financial Supernova
Everyone felt the pain of 2008, however, the long term effects of the financial crisis may only now be coming into focus… Financial markets have behaved much like the...
03|03|2016
Just Below The Surface
For months now we have watched plummeting oil prices make inflation less and less of a concern. Has it turned the corner and created a scary situation for the...