Market Notebook, January 31st, 2021

 <CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK> Both equities and bonds pulled back on the week.The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index increased in December. Widespread strength in index components suggest the real economy in the U.S. continues to...

Market Notebook, January 24th, 2021

 <CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK> Equities performed well and bonds recovered some ground during the last week. The coming week is a heavy economic data release week. Equity markets have performed strongly in recent weeks and market participants appear...

Market Notebook, January 17th, 2021

 <CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK> Both equities and bonds traded in what could loosely be described as range bound trading during the last week. Bonds appeared to bottom while equities struggled to hold onto recent highs.Markets in the U.S. will be...

Market Notebook, January 10th, 2021

 <CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK> Global equities trended higher last week while the bond complex faced selling pressure.Democrat wins in both races in Georgia give the Democrat Party the slimmest control over the legislative agenda in the coming...

Market Notebook, December 27th, 2020

 <CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK> U.S. equities traded in a range while bonds moved higher during the last week.The number of states with an RT below 1.0 improved again week over week. This is positive news.Expect chop in the coming week surrounding...