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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 5-26-2015 Economic results were again mixed, with some improvement in housing, tempered overall but higher core CPI inflation readings and stronger jobless claim data. U.S. equity markets on average were slightly higher, while foreign equities ended up negative … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 5-18-2015 Economic data for the week was mixed, with weaker-than-expected retail sales numbers, decent employment metrics and conflicting sentiment data from consumers and small businesses. Global equities gained on the week, with international stocks outperforming U.S. names—due to … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 5-12-2015 Economic reports last week were led by a decent ISM non-manufacturing report, low levels of jobless claims and a decent but unexceptional employment situation release—uninspiring enough to keep markets hoping for continued easy Fed policy beyond June. … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 5-04-2015 The economic picture last week was colored by a poor U.S. GDP release for the first quarter, as well as acknowledgment by the FOMC of slowed conditions.  However, other data, such as the ISM and Chicago PMI came in mixed … Continue reading

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Chart of the Week: Benefits of Bank Loans in a Portfolio

Chart of the Week: Benefits of Bank Loans in a Portfolio Despite almost $36 billion exiting the loan market and negative net fund flows for the past 11 months, Lord Abbett believes that bank loans still have features that make them attractive … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 4-27-2015 In a light week for economic releases, durable goods came in somewhat better than expected, led by aircraft orders, while housing also showed some mixed signs of life.  Housing has been sporadic over the last few years, which … Continue reading

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Year End Portfolio Update

Year End Portfolio Update December 18th, 2014 LSA has posted the year end portfolio update report.  Here were some of the high level thoughts: As 2014 begins to wind down it is important to reflect and recap how portfolios did … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 9-15-2014 In a slower week for economic data, results came in tempered to positive (retail sales being a more important release), but included no major surprises. Geopolitically, the highlight originated from a developed market this time, as polls … Continue reading

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MainStay Marketfield Update

The 75 day performance of Marketfield has generated some questions.  As I write this, MFLDX is down 6.10% YTD. These results, though disappointing, are believed to be short term in nature by the team.  I genuinely appreciate your past support, … Continue reading

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