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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 12-08-2014 Several key economic reports came through last week, including better-than-expected ISM Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing reports, Stock markets in the U.S. were generally higher on the week on better economic and employment situation report news, while bonds suffered … Continue reading
Chart of the Week: US Manufacturing Renaissance
Chart of the Week: The U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance Despite the negative sentiment coming from the media, US manufacturing activity is at better than three year highs with no signs of slowdown. Although this sparks more optimism for the U.S. … Continue reading
Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 12-01-2014 Despite a holiday-shortened week, there were several major releases—the more important of which surprised a bit on the upside. S. GDP was revised substantially higher from the first estimate while other releases, such as durable goods, PMI … Continue reading
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Tagged commodity prices, crude oil prices, Emerging Markets, oil prices
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 11-24-2014 A busy week of economic data releases: modest weaker industrial production and below consensus expected capacity utilization in October; absent deflationary risk, both domestic PPI and CPI in October came in slightly above the consensus expectation, but … Continue reading
Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 11-17-2014 Economic figures last week were a bit better than expected, highlighted by a slight positive surprise in retail sales and decent sentiment surveys, which continued to post readings at high levels. Equity markets were just slightly higher … Continue reading
Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 11-10-2014 The headline-worthy ISM manufacturing survey came in better than expected, while other releases were mixed. The employment situation report was also decent, but not overwhelming. The mid-term election that resulted in a Republican takeover of the Senate … Continue reading
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Tagged election day, election results, financial markets, Government, Senate, tax credits
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 11-4-2014 It was a headline week, but not necessarily dramatic, as the conclusion of the FOMC meeting resulted in the taper ending as planned, and results of 3rd quarter GDP showed that economic growth was a bit better … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd quarter GDP, Bank of Japan, global equities, Goldman Sachs, Japan, traditional bonds, Yahoo!
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Fed Update
Fed Update In their meeting that just concluded, the FOMC formally ended ‘the taper’ effective this coming month-end, closing a chapter of multiple quantitative easing programs totaling $3 trillion. This was widely anticipated, though, so markets didn’t react too strongly … Continue reading
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Tagged China, economic growth, Employment, Europe, Fed, FOMC, Inflation, Janet Yellen, MBS, Outlook, Portfolios, Taper, unemployment rate
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 10-27-2014 The economic data of the week was focused on housing, which showed existing and new home sales outperforming expectations somewhat. Inflation came in just higher than flat, and tempered on a year-over-year basis, but the index of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Crude oil, Dilma Rousseff, economic data, Economic Indicators, healthcare, Inflation, Italy, Moody’s, Morgan Stanley, oil prices, Russia
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 10-20-2014 The important economic releases of the week were largely lackluster, with retail sales, and several regional fed surveys underwhelming, but not terrible. Perhaps more importantly, input from Europe and the Far East was more of a concern … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-year Treasury, Crude oil, Europe, International equities, OPEC, review of bank asset quality, U.S., world markets, Yahoo!
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2014 Third Quarter Market Update with Bud Kasper & Dean Barber
Third Quarter Market Update with Bud Kasper & Dean Barber October 15th, 2014 LSA has posted the 3Q14 Market update call that Bud and Dean host live for their clients and prospects. This program allows Bud and Dean to … Continue reading
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Third Quarter 2014 LSA Economic Update
3Q2014 Economic Update October 18, 2014
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