The CPI report sharply beat estimates, with June gains of 0.9% for both the headline and the core, leaving the fourth month of outsized increases. The June headline rise was the largest since the 1.0% […]
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Key Market Trends Tip: Use it as a quick guide for the direction of major markets in the short term. One client called me almost every day to ask the direction of the market. This
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Wall Street is deeply underwater with the major indices all suffering losses in the -1.2% to -1.4% neighborhood, though after recent all-time highs. Below is a small excerpt from the ABS Advisor Market Intelligence Report. It is
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Most people have an intuitive understanding of inflation. It is generally in the context of their regular purchases. Like for like, they expect that over time, they will be able to purchase lesser and lesser
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Key Drivers for the Week of July 5th, 2021 TIP – This is a 1-minute brief bullet-point summary. It is a tool that gives investors and financial a fast and simple list of what to
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The dollar has posted fresh highs for a fifth consecutive day, pegging a three-month high at 92.70 by the measure of the DXY narrow trade-weighted index. The greenback is up nearly 1% for the week, and
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Today’s late-morning U.S. reports revealed a big undershoot for construction spending through May, with annual revisions that raised recent levels but that weakened the trajectory into Q2, alongside a small June ISM drop to what
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Personal income beat estimates with a May drop of “just” -2.0%, after a -13.1% April income pull-back, as we further unwound the stimulus-fueled 20.9% March surge. A flat consumption figure was disappointing, though the significance
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I have been watching the markets for over 25 years and stock buybacks are controversial among investors. Some investors view them as waste, others see them as a great way to earn tax-advantaged returns. Both
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