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  • August 2023: Almost There

    Almost There August 3, 2023 Dow: 35,216 Are we there yet? Ok maybe we are there. The “there” being the end of the Federal Reserve interest rate increases. Inflation is coming down, the economy is still growing, unemployment has not increased meaningful …

  • May 2023: Stuck in the Middle With You

    Stuck in the Middle With You May 30, 2023 Dow: 33,042 We refer to the title of a 1973 hit song by Stealers Wheel. This has to be the way Jerome Powell, or any Federal Reserve Chair, feels at turning points in the rate cycle. “Clowns to the left of me, …

  • April 2023: Show Me the Money

    Show Me the Money April 11, 2023 Dow: 33,684 The depositors in many regional banks seemed to echo Cuba Gooding Jr’s famous line from the movie Jerry Maguire, “Show me the money.” The bankers’ response seemed to echo Jimmy Stewart’s from It’s a Wonderfu …

  • February 2023: Good News is Good News

    Good News is Good News February 22, 2023 Dow: 32,875 In the markets, sometimes good news is bad news and bad news is good news. Stick with us here. Market movements always factor in expectations, or more specifically, changes in expectations. When a co …

  • Playing to Our Strengths in a Fed-Dominated Fixed-Income World

    Playing to Our Strengths in a Fed-Dominated Fixed-Income World We closed out 2022 with one of the biggest and best sporting events worldwide – the World Cup.    While the game of soccer sometimes catches some flak for its lack of scoring and hard-hitti …

  • December 2022: Demand is not the Problem

    Demand is not the Problem December 28, 2022 Dow: 32,875 We have heard a lot about the demand side of the economy from the Federal Reserve this year. However, we almost never hear about the other side – the supply side. Jerome Powell has said that we ha …

  • November 2022: Faceoff

    Faceoff  November 22, 2022 Dow: 34,098 The faceoff between Jerome Powell and the U.S. economy continues. At this point, just maybe the economy is gaining the upper hand. Despite four consecutive 75 basis point increases in the Fed Funds rate this year …

  • September 2022: The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

    The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves September 28, 2022 Dow: 29,684 Ok Jerome Powell and other members of the Federal Open Market Committee, we get it: you are serious about raising rates. Back in July and August, we (the market) suspected …

  • July 2022: Listening to the Markets

    Listening to the Markets July 19, 2022 Dow: 31,827 Often the markets will send signals about the current, and potential future, state of both the economy and the markets, but investors have to be willing and open to listening. Most often, preconceived …

  • June 2022 – Longer term views warranted

    Is it still 2022? Have this year’s market moves aged you? Don’t worry, you are not alone in these feelings, but rest assured that we are considering all of the relevant information and working hard to position portfolios with a longer-term view in mind …