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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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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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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 2-12-2018 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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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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Fed Note
The first FOMC meeting of the year was uneventful, as expected, with no action on the interest rate policy front, with short-term rates kept to a targeted range of 1.25-1.50%. There were no dissents. As there was also no planned … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 1-23-2018 Economic data for the week was mixed, with decent results reported in industrial production, while regional manufacturing results, housing starts and consumer sentiment came in weaker. The Fed’s anecdotal Beige Book showed general strength across most segments … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 1-16-2018 Economic data for the week was led by growth in retail sales, tempered inflation results and mixed but continued strong labor market metrics. Equity markets gained ground again, with U.S. markets leading the way upon strong sentiment. … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 1-08-2018 Economic data for the first week of the new year showed strength in manufacturing, a weaker result for services ISM, and a mixed result in employment, with strong jobless claims and ADP employment numbers, while the government … 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, Employment, 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, Real Estate, Retail Sales, Russia, S&P 500, S&P500, unemployment rate, Update, Yahoo!
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 1-02-2018 With an extremely light holiday calendar for economic data, highlights included stronger housing and regional purchasing data and weaker consumer confidence and jobless claims. U.S. stock markets fell during the last week of the year, while international … Continue reading
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Tagged bps, China, Commodities, CPI, Crude oil, crude oil prices, DJIA, ECB, Economic, economic data, economic growth, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, Employment, 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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