Weekly Update – 6/26/2015
June 29, 2015
Energy equities have retraced their gains while the commodity price stays solid.
Weekly Update – 6/12/2015
June 17, 2015
Slow summer trading this week as markets wait for something more.
Weekly Update – 6/5/2015
June 05, 2015
Is there a hole in the liquidity bucket for government bonds?
Weekly Update – 5/1/2015
May 04, 2015
Europe and the US look to put deflation fears in the rear-view.
Weekly Update – 4/24/2015
April 27, 2015
Sometimes we grow old before an overpriced asset grows into valuation.
Weekly Update – 4/10/2015
April 13, 2015
Hong Kong stocks play a little catch up to Shanghai after they get connected.
Weekly Update – 3/13/2015
March 13, 2015
Investors are back to expecting quicker action from the Fed; we think they have longer to wait.
Weekly Update – 2/27/2015
February 27, 2015
Yellen gives us something to talk about; a little mystery to figure out.
Weekly Update – 2/20/2015
February 23, 2015
With labor finally getting a raise, we will see from which pocket it comes from.
Weekly Update – 2/13/2015
February 17, 2015
Another Ukraine cease-fire and another Greek debt deal creates déjà vu.
Weekly Update – 2/6/2015
February 09, 2015
Pop goes the oil! After the data released last Friday from Baker Hughes showing rig counts coming down in the United States quicker than expected, US oil prices (West Texas Intermediate or WTI) headed for a wild ride this week ending higher.
Weekly Update – 1/30/2015
February 02, 2015
The strength in the US dollar has started taking its toll.
Weekly Update – 1/23/2015
January 26, 2015
It might be a year later then it should have taken, but the European Central Bank (ECB) finally followed through on quantitative easing.
Weekly Update – 1/2/2015
January 05, 2015
Given the interrupted market schedules these past two weeks, volumes and decisive investing action were nowhere to be found
Weekly Update – 12/26/2014
December 29, 2014
The United States released a revised Q3 GDP growth estimate restating the number to 5% annually – the strongest quarter of growth since 2003.
Weekly Update – 12/19/2014
December 19, 2014
As oil prices continued to slip, a desperate Russia with failing solutions to stem the ruble’s slide came out with a surprise interest rate increase from 10.5% to 17%.
Weekly Update – 12/12/2014
December 13, 2014
The market does not know what the price of oil should be. After the International Energy Agency (IEA) revised demand down, again, oil prices just dropped.
Weekly Update – 12/5/2014
December 06, 2014
In the last ECB meeting of 2014 where expectations were high that the Euro-area would finally emerge from the doldrums, the President of the multi-national monetary body moved only his mouth – not the needle of balance sheet growth.
Weekly Update – 11/28/2014
November 28, 2014
Testing…one, two, three. OPEC tapped the microphone and sent a message that reverberated through the global oil market on Thursday with a decision not to cut production.
Weekly Update – 11/21/2014
November 21, 2014
Let’s talk turkey. With the American holiday of Thanksgiving coming upon us next week, we will take a moment to consider the cornucopia of macro offerings put forth in anticipation.
Weekly Update-11/14/2014
November 15, 2014
Relentless. The S&P 500 eked out a bit more this week making just a little progress each day.
Weekly Update-11/7/2014
November 10, 2014
Are rules meant to be broken? Australian mining company BHP Billiton is certainly doing what it can to skirt by the US’s ban on exporting crude oil that dates back to the embargo days of the 1970s.
Weekly Update-10/31/2014
October 31, 2014
Party like it’s 1999! Well, at least the S&P 500 index price looks likely to close well above this level after a surprise announcement from the Bank of Japan (BoJ) that they are expanding their quantitative easing program.
Weekly Update-10/24/2014
October 27, 2014
It’s an inflection point. This Sunday, the European Central Bank (ECB) is due to release the results of its Asset Quality Review (AQR) after having given the results to the 130 reviewed institutions earlier this week.
Weekly Update – 10/10/2014
October 13, 2014
It’s contagious! Fear continues to spread causing equity markets globally to further retrace gains made this year and last.
Weekly Update – 10/6/2014
October 06, 2014
After much talk over the past several quarters about the willingness of the European Central Bank (ECB) to use unconventional tools to support their economic recovery, the first opportunity to show bold action fell short.
Weekly Update – 9/26/2014
September 27, 2014
The new Apple iPhone is not the only thing that got bent out of shape this week. For what seemed like little truly market moving information, equity markets decided that it was time for a tumble.
Weekly Update – 9/22/2014
September 22, 2014
The Kingdom remains United for the time being as the referendum for Scotland to separate from the UK was defeated. The issue brought the voters to the booths with a reported participation rate greater than 90% in some areas.
Weekly Update – 9/12/2014
September 12, 2014
The importance of fiscal policy once again was made clear when Japan released its Q2 GDP results – a negative 7% annualized rate!
Weekly Update – 9/5/2014
September 05, 2014
Mr. Draghi has now left no doubt. Taking the ceremonial plunge of an additional 0.1% just to prove the point that there is no more room for conventional monetary measures.
Weekly Update – 8/29/2014
August 29, 2014
After a big month for the equity markets, it was a relatively quiet week.
Weekly Update – 8/22/2014
August 22, 2014
During the global financial crisis, the US Federal Reserve’s gathering of global central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming transformed from an academic discourse into a platform from which Ben Bernanke set the stage for future monetary policy actions. As the annual meeting convenes again this weekend, Janet Yellen may be hoping to downplay her comments from the market-moving attention that her predecessor’s received.