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Market Notebook, August 18th, 2019
<CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK'S NOTEBOOK> Inverted Yield Curve Sparks Recession Concerns During the last week, global equities struggled while the bond complex rallied on global growth concerns. Financial news outlets focused on yield curve inversion as a sign of...
Market Notebook, August 11th, 2019
<CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK'S NOTEBOOK> Continued Volatility in Equities and Bonds Both equities and bonds experienced significant volatility last week on U.S. and China trade concerns. While no one tends to complain about volatility to the upside, long term...
Market Notebook, August 4th, 2019
<CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK'S NOTEBOOK> Equities Come Under Pressure while Bonds Rally Equities came under pressure last week while bonds rallied. Market participant's attention was largely focused on the Fed and whether the Fed would offer up the rate cut...
Market Notebook July 28th, 2019
<CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK'S NOTEBOOK> Equities Push Higher While Bonds Remain Flat Last week equities pushed higher while the bond complex was mostly flat. Price action seems to indicate that equity investors are shrugging off risk concerns while bond market...
Market Notebook, April 28, 2019
<CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK'S NOTEBOOK> Role Reversal Last week, roles reversed as global equities generally consolidated while the bond complex rose smartly in price. Busy Economic Data Release Schedule One might expect an uptick in volatility during the coming...
Market Notebook, April 21, 2019
<CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK'S NOTEBOOK> Last week, global equities performed well while the bond complex consolidated.The Conference Board's Leading Economic Index expanded in March. The slowing rate of expansion may mean a slower real economy by the end of the...
Market Notebook December 31st, 2017
Strong Week for Global Equities and Commodities Last week was a strong week for global equities and commodities, helping to push equity prices back towards their all time highs. VT, Vanguard’s Total World ETF returned...
Market Notebook December 22nd, 2017
Focus on Inflation The markets appeared focused on inflation expectations last week as many parts of the bond complex came under pressure. World equity markets held up well. With a few days left in the year it appears that...
Market Notebook December 17th, 2017
U.S. Equity Markets Performed Well U.S. equity markets performed well last week while the remainder of the world equity markets were basically a mixed bag. Junk bonds were muted and continue to struggle. Coffee Coffee put in a new recent low and rebounded...
Market Notebook December 10th, 2017
Consolidation Week Generally speaking, last week might be described as a consolidation week for the markets. The price action exhibited, was that of a “healthy” market. Gold Gold was a stand out as prices came off sharply. Depending on the dynamics of the...