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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 4-02-2018 On a holiday-shortened week, home sales and price data came in solidly, as did jobless claims; manufacturing data came in expansionary but at a slower pace, while consumer sentiment declined a bit. Equity markets recovered globally last … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 3-26-2018 Economic data for the week included an increase in the short-term interest rate by the Federal Reserve, as well as stronger durable goods orders and leading indicator results. Housing and jobless claims results were mixed to some … Continue reading
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Fed Note
Fed Note The March FOMC meeting ended today featured a 0.25% increase in the fed funds rate, taking the range from 1.25-1.50% to 1.50-1.75%. This was largely anticipated due to the strength of economic and labor data in recent weeks, … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 3-19-2018 Economic data for the week was highlighted by a drop in retail sales and housing statistics, but gains in industrial production, continued strength in several manufacturing metrics and labor. Inflation results were as expected, reducing fears from … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 3-12-2018 Economic news for the week included a slight decline in the still-strong non-manufacturing ISM index, and a deterioration in the trade deficit, while the employment numbers for February showed strong labor growth yet a tempering in wage … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Quarter GDP, bps, China, Commodities, CPI, Crude oil, crude oil prices, DJIA, ECB, Economic, economic data, economic growth, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, Employment, Europe, Eurozone, Fed, Federal Reserve, fixed income, FOMC, GDP, Government, Home Sales, Inflation, interest rate, interest rates, Janet Yellen, Japan, Jobless Claims, LSA, oil prices, Portfolio, Q/E, Real Estate, Retail Sales, Russia, S&P 500, S&P500, unemployment rate, Update, Yahoo!
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 3-06-2018 Economic data for the week included strong readings for manufacturing, consumer confidence and jobless claims, a slight revision downward in prior-quarter economic growth, but declines in durable goods and new/pending home sales. Equity markets suffered due to … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 2-26-2018 In a slower, holiday-shortened week, a sparse amount of economic data was led by a decline in existing home sales, a sharp move higher in leading economic indicators, a strong jobless claims report, coupled with FOMC minutes … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Quarter GDP, bps, China, Commodities, CPI, Crude oil, crude oil prices, DJIA, ECB, Economic, economic data, economic growth, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, Europe, Eurozone, Fed, Federal Reserve, fixed income, FOMC, GDP, Government, Home Sales, Inflation, interest rate, interest rates, Janet Yellen, Japan, Jobless Claims, LSA, MSCI Europe, oil prices, Portfolio, Q/E, Retail Sales, Russia, S&P 500, S&P500, unemployment rate, Update, Yahoo!
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 2-20-2018 In a busy week for economic releases, highlights included weakness in retail sales and some hints of increasing inflation as measured by import prices, PPI and CPI. On the positive side, manufacturing continues to look robust in … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 2-12-2018 Economic news for the week was light, relative to that of financial markets, but highlighted by gains in the ISM non-manufacturing survey and continued strong labor market data. Continuing a trend begun the prior week, stock markets … Continue reading
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Communicating the Recent Market Volatility with Clients
Listen to how Bud Kasper is communicating the recent spike in market volatility to his clients Click here for playback
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Tagged 1st Quarter GDP, bps, China, Commodities, CPI, Crude oil, crude oil prices, DJIA, ECB, Economic, economic data, economic growth, Economic Update, Employment, Europe, Eurozone, fixed income, FOMC, interest rates, unemployment rate, Update, Yahoo!
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LSA Tax Efficient Model Revisions
TAX EFFICIENT PORTFOLIO REVISIONS As 2018 begins and volatility is starting to pick up LSA will be recommending changes to Private Client Tax Efficient portfolios this week to address three primary investment themes and to continue with our movement … Continue reading
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Special Market Commentary on Recent Volatility
No doubt some of you have been fielding client questions or considering ways to ‘remind’ clients about more normal market volatility that has resurfaced over the past week. It’s likely that mainstream news will gravitate to headlines of ‘largest point … Continue reading
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