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Chart of the Week: Your Client’s Investment Horizon
After shedding more than 1,000 points last week, the Dow Jones opened up Monday free-falling another 1,089, spreading panic throughout markets. These kinds of corrections cannot be predicted, however they are inevitable. The last time the market corrected (defined by … Continue reading
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Tagged bonds, correction, financial, financial advisor, investment, investment horizon, Market, market correction, Portfolio, stocks
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Special Market Commentary: Is Correction Our Direction?
SPECIAL MARKET COMMENTARY August 24, 2015 Is Correction Our Direction? Not even a week ago I started to write an article for our clients that I was going to title, “Is Flat The New Up?” I was basing this article … Continue reading
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A Note on Current Market Volatility
Market Volatility: Market activity today has been ugly, with U.S. markets down over -5% at one point, following weak overnight results from Asia. Local China A share markets fared much worse, losing nearly -10% on the session, wiping out this year’s … Continue reading
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Tagged bear market, China, Commodities, corrections, Crude oil, crude oil prices, ECB, Economic, economic growth, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, Fed, Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, LSA, market correction, market decline, Market Volatility, Portfolio, Volatility
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 8-24-2015 Economic data in the U.S. was again mixed, with regional manufacturing surveys offering conflicting results, while housing metrics turned out well and showing some moderate improvement. However, the story abroad was the problem, as Chinese manufacturing survey figures … Continue reading
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Tagged bps, China, Commodities, correction, CPI, Crude oil, crude oil prices, DJIA, ECB, Economic, economic data, economic growth, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, Employment, Europe, Eurozone, 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, Real Estate, Retail Sales, Russia, S&P 500, S&P500, unemployment rate, Update, Yahoo!
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FANN Radio – “Is Flat the New Up?” – 8/20/2015
Join Brad Kasper, President & CFO of LSA Portfolio Analytics, and Bud Kasper, President of Barber Financial Group, as they discuss the challenges faced after a market close that saw the S&P 500 lose over 2% and how it relates … Continue reading
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Tagged bear market, bonds, China, Commodities, crude oil prices, DJIA, Dow Jones, ECB, Economic, economic data, economic growth, Employment, market pullback, Markets, S&P 500, stocks
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 8-17-2015 Economic data on the week generally turned out mixed to better than expected, with positive results in retail sales and industrial production, while several employment metrics were a bit weaker. Despite weakness early due to concerns about … Continue reading
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Tagged Alphabet, bps, China, Commodities, CPI, Crude oil, crude oil prices, DJIA, ECB, Economic, economic data, economic growth, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, Employment, Energy, Europe, Eurozone, Fed, Federal Reserve, fixed income, FOMC, GDP, Google, Government, Home Sales, Inflation, interest rate, interest rates, Janet Yellen, Japan, Jobless Claims, LSA, MSCI Europe, oil prices, Portfolio, Q/E, Real Estate, Retail Sales, S&P 500, S&P500, unemployment rate, Update, Yahoo!
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Chart of the Week: Putting the 2007 Recovery in Perspective
Entering into the 3rd quarter of 2015, the US is now 6 years removed from the trough of the 2007-09 recession. The chart above shows the progress of the subsequent recovery over those 6 years, and compares it relative to … Continue reading
Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 8-10-2015 Economic data for the week was generally decent, with the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing reports showing expansion, an improved willingness of bankers to lend, and a jobs report generally on par with expectations—showing continued growth in a … 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, Energy, Europe, Eurozone, Fed, Federal Reserve, fixed income, FOMC, GDP, Government, Home Sales, Inflation, interest rate, interest rates, Janet Yellen, Japan, Jobless Claims, Jobs Report, LSA, MSCI Europe, oil prices, Portfolio, Q/E, Real Estate, Retail Sales, Russia, S&P 500, S&P500, unemployment rate, utilities
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Chart of the Week: Predicting Rate Changes
Chart of the Week: Predicting Rate Changes Click picture to enlarge This week’s chart shows just how difficult it is to predict rate changes. The black lines represent five quarters of median forecasts of the yield on the 10-year U.S. … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-year Treasury, federal funds rate, forecast, interest rates, rate increases
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 8-03-2015 Economic data last week was highlighted by a lukewarm GDP report, mixed housing and consumer confidence surveys, but more positive near-term industrial reports. The FOMC meeting statement didn’t offer any radically new insights, as expectations for an initial rate hike … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Quarter GDP, bonds, bps, China, Commodities, consumer confidence, consumer sentiment, 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, GDP 2nd quarter GDP, Government, Home Sales, Inflation, interest rate, interest rates, Janet Yellen, Japan, Jobless Claims, LSA, MSCI Europe, oil prices, Portfolio, Q/E, Real Estate, Retail Sales, Russia, S&P 500, S&P500, Taper, Ukraine, unemployment rate, Update, Yahoo!
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Fed Note
Fed Note: The FOMC meeting ended today and resulted in no policy changes, as expected. The meeting was a ‘lighter’ version than normal, meaning there wasn’t a Q&A at the end and the other bells and whistles that accompany major … Continue reading
What’s Happening in China?
If you or your clients are unsure what to think of China’s recent 30% stock market plunge, Economist Brian Wesbury does a good job of explaining what is happening in his new video Wesbury 101: China Crisis: Whaddaboutit! You can … Continue reading
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