Yearly Archives: 2021
Last Week’s Markets in Review: How Employment may shape Fed Policy
09-13-2021Recently, the Labor Department released data showing the U.S. economy added only 235,000 jobs in August, down sharply from roughly 1 million jobs added in July. This past Wednesday, the Labor Department released the JOLTs (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey) report for July, which revealed that there were 10.9 million employment positions open, well in excess of the FactSet estimate of 9.9 million openings ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: What’s Performing Best Across the Globe in 2021?
09-07-2021Last week we closed the books on August, a fitting time to recap where equity markets stand year-to-date (YTD). To do so, we'll delve into the three potential rotation trades within equity markets that we've been tracking throughout 2021 ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: GDP and its Importance to Markets
08-30-2021This past week has provided a plethora of key economic data that will be digested heavily by investors and analysts in both equity and fixed income markets ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: Investors Digest Retail Sales, Earnings and Taper Talk
08-23-2021Many of the Nation’s largest retailers released earnings reports for the second quarter of 2021 last week. Consumers make up 70% of the U.S. economy as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), so these earnings releases, and what they say about the spending behavior of consumers, are important guideposts for the future direction of the economy. ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: What Does “Peak Growth” Mean For Investors?
08-16-2021In the U.S., while we may be transitioning from early-cycle to a mid-cycle environment with earnings likely to have peaked in the second quarter as the economy normalizes, we remain bullish on the prospect for attractive returns in equity markets through the end of the year ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: Earnings, Employment and Policy Push Equity Markets Higher
08-09-2021Last week saw a series of important economic news items that are likely to affect the overall markets for the remainder of 2021. It certainly did not feel like a typical slow summer week in August as second-quarter corporate results were a constant source of news throughout last week. ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: Timing the Markets vs. Time in the Markets
08-02-2021As professional asset managers, one of the most common questions we hear is, "is now the time to"…?" with an array of options such as "buy" or "sell" to fill in the blank. ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: Factoring in Quality to Equity Portfolios
07-26-2021Last week started on a heavy risk-off tone. On Monday, the S&P 500 fell 1.6%, the CBOE Volatility Index spiked, and Treasuries rallied over concerns of the COVID-19 delta variant posing a risk to global growth ... Read More