06|13|2016

Jobs Report Hangover

Typically, a hangover is a bad thing, but given the soft Jobs report from a week ago this hangover has been a win-fall for markets! US Data Federal Reserve...

06|06|2016

Best Laid Plans

The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) has been working hard for 2 weeks to make sure the markets expect a June rate hike. That may have all come...

05|31|2016

Selling The Fed

Strong US Real Estate Data was one of several pieces supporting market advances last week. So much so, that hawkish Federal Reserve committee comments didn’t dampen demand. US Data...

05|23|2016

Fear The Fed

Market data was great this last week, with strong housing data, improved industrial production, and softening core inflation data. By the way, the Federal Reserve decided to screw everything...

05|17|2016

Unlucky Friday

Friday the 13th… often marred by the stigma of being an unlucky day. Holding to form, this past Friday markets shed 1%. The question should be, was the down-turn...

05|11|2016

Week Two

After 10 weeks of steady gains, the market has now rattled off two straight weeks of losses. Are the bears coming back or is a prelude to a bull...

04|26|2016

1973

[1] Disco music, bell bottom pants, and low unemployment… Who does not love 1973??? So what is the deal with 1973? It was the last time initial unemployment claims...

04|18|2016

Rope A Dope???

Markets rebounded last week as the global economy showed unexpected strength. Did investors just get ‘rope a doped’ or is this going to be short lived? US Data Weekly...

04|12|2016

A Chance for Tailwinds!

A dovish Federal Reserve Board (FRB), falling oil reserves, strengthening European PMI data… the markets went up, right? Wrong! The markets shed a little weight for the first time...

04|04|2016

The Battle of Hawks & Doves

There seems to be some discord in the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Let the battle begin! Several members of the FOMC came out two weeks ago as proponents...