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Last Week’s Markets in Review: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

No, this is not a review of any of Clint Eastwood's movies (although, to some, that would likely be a much more entertaining piece). Instead, our headline for the week references three major events that took place over the past five days of trading and, as one would expect, consisted of the same type of mixed data that investors have grown accustomed to over the past 12 months ... Read More

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Last Week’s Markets in Review: Economy Shows Signs of Slowing

This week's update will review Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter 0f 2022, personal consumption expenditures (PCE) for December, and 4th quarter corporate earnings ... Read More

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Last Week’s Markets in Review: Markets Retreat Amid Recession Concerns

After a strong start to the year, equity markets spent the past week wiping away a large portion of its 2023 early gains. The losses came as increased recession fears triggered market participants from multiple directions, all of which we will cover in this update ... Read More

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Last Week’s Markets in Review: Fed likely to Slow Future Interest Rate Hikes

The positive move in the stock market last week was based primarily on three events that took place during the week. On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell made his first public statement for the new year in a speech delivered to Sweden's Riksbank ... Read More

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Last Week’s Markets in Review: Slower Wage Growth Pushes Stocks Higher

For our readers that have not done so already, we suggest reviewing our Top 10 Investment Themes for 2023 ... Read More

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Last Week’s Markets in Review: Investors Hope for Better Days in 2023

The last week of any calendar year typically is a quiet week for economic developments, and 2022 was a good example of this. The most eventful data released last week was the weekly jobless claims on Thursday ... Read More

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Last Week’s Markets in Review: GDP and PCE Data Stun Hopes of a Santa Clause Rally

Just one day after U.S. markets reported strong consumer confidence figures while simultaneously getting strong corporate earnings figures from companies such as Nike and FedEx, the third estimate of 3rd quarter U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) delivered on Thursday indicated an increased annual growth rate of 3.2% ... Read More

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Last Week’s Markets in Review: Fed Raises Rates Again as Economy Slows

As widely anticipated, the Fed raised interest rates by another 50 Bp (0.50%) on Wednesday, bringing the Fed Funds Target Rate within a range of 4.25% - 4.50% ... Read More

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