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LSA FANN Radio “What to do when risk is everywhere and rewards are one dimensional”
Join Brad Kasper, Dean Barber and Bud Kasper and they discuss the recent market pullback and how they are communicating to investors. To listen to FANN radio, simply visit the LSA website and login. The show is posted under the … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
This week’s news was highlighted by the FOMC meeting, which resulted in a reiteration of the current policy of accommodative mortgage and treasury bond buying. However, further comments regarding the timing of the inevitable ‘tapering’ off of QE down the … Continue reading
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Fed Note 6-19-2013
The Federal Open Market Committee completed their meeting this morning, and the conclusion was much the same as we’ve come to expect: continued stimulus in the form of $85 billion in bond purchases a month with the same targets (6.5% … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
(+) The highest-profile economic release of the week, May retail sales, were a bit higher than expected with a gain of +0.6% versus a forecasted +0.4% (including seasonal adjustments that first lowered April retail sales from +0.5%, to -0.1%, then … Continue reading
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LSA Portfolio Revisions Round 2
We continue our effort to post revisions to the majority of our portfolios. Below is a schedule of the next round of revisions and when they will be posted to the LSA site. We will start releasing the second round … Continue reading
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Fund Flows are NOT Indicating a Flight out of Bonds
On June 3rd, 2013 Lord Abbett posted a great article that was referencing “Why Bondholders May Not Need Worry.” https://www.lordabbett.com/advisor/commentary/marketview/great-rotation-why-bondholders-may-not-need-to-worry/ This was a great article that shows that although May was a difficult month for bonds the average investor still … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
(-) The ISM Manufacturing report came in a bit weaker than expected, falling from April’s 50.7 to 49.0 for May, compared to the 51.0 level anticipated and pushing the measure to its lowest level in three years. Weaker underlying components … Continue reading
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The End of the Bond Bull: LSA’s May Bond Report
The biggest monthly loss in fixed-income securities since 2004 has still left global yields short of the tipping point that would signal a bear market in bonds but many economists have declared the end of the bull bond run. Bonds … Continue reading
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LSA Portfolio Revisions
LSA will be making revisions to some of the Mutual Fund, ETF, VUL, and a select number of VA portfolios in the coming days. Below is a schedule of when the revisions will be posted to the LSA website. With … Continue reading
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The End of the Bond Bull
The end of the Bull Market is being declared by many experts. In the upper chart in December of 1982 the 10 year treasury was 16%. The 10 year treasury was 1.65 earlier this year and is currently around 2.20%. … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
In a shortened holiday week, only a few memorable economic releases were featured. (-) Consumer spending for April was weaker than expected, falling -0.2% versus an anticipated flat reading and March growth was revised downward a tenth. Sales as gas … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Labor Markets (+) The initial jobless claims number after seasonal adjustment was 340,000 in the week ending May 18, slightly lower than the expected 345,000. Filing for first-time unemployment insurance benefits fell by 31,000 compared to the same time last … Continue reading
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