02|21|2018
What Goes Down Must Go Up! | February 16, 2018
In recent weeks, volatility has been turned on its head. Where will it go from here? 2017 saw incredibly low volatility. The VIX, The Chicago Board of Options Exchange...
02|13|2018
A Path Forward | February 9, 2018
Markets tumbled an additional 5.16% last week; the real question is, where can the opportunities be found? In our most recent growth cycle, we experienced strengthening global growth with...
02|06|2018
Free Fall | February 2, 2018
Last week markets reacted strongly to the unemployment report, but why and will the fall continue? The jobs report carried plenty of good data for January. Non-farm payrolls grew...
01|31|2018
Peeling Back GDP | January 26, 2018
GDP came in at a lackluster 2.6% for the 4th Quarter, missing expectations of a 2.9% growth rate. Markets did not react as you would expect, but why? GDP...
01|23|2018
Blind Bull Part 2 | January 19, 2018
The markets have grown 5.11% year to date, and this last week helped that along. Economic data, however, did not support the surge. Housing for December was not promising...
01|17|2018
Rates on the Rise | January 12, 2018
Equities have surged while bonds have retreated. The rate environment has people wondering if “low for long” has finally come to an end. Globally, there seems to be a...
01|09|2018
Invincible Markets | January 5, 2018
The markets started 2018 much the same way it spent most of 2017; positive economic data and surging equity prices. Economic Data Factory orders increased more than expected, by...
01|04|2018
Year in Review | December 29, 2017
The year was one of the purest in Market performance seen in decades. What lies ahead now that 2017 in officially in the books? A Look Back 2017 had...
12|28|2017
Happy Tax Reform Day! | December 22, 2017
Data and fiscal stimulus, in the way of tax reform, were slipped under the tree right before the Holidays, but we did not see the growth you would expect,...
12|19|2017
American Productivity | December 15, 2017
This last week we saw valuations increase on the hopes of fiscal stimulus (tax reform) and dovish monetary policy expectations for 2018. WHAT IS MISSING? Psst, the clue is...