Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.
Last week a family friend told us about a well-known fast food restaurant by her house that was closed due to their inability to hire enough workers. Ironically, the data show that the unemployment rate is still high at 5.9% with seven million workers still displaced by the pandemic. In addition,..
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Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.
At the halfway mark of 2021, life is almost back to normal, and equity markets have experienced the second-best first-half year performance since 1998 (behind 2019) for the S&P. Not too shabby. However, the consequences of COVID are still with us. The Fed’s stimulus and bond-buying programs are..
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Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.
It’s hard to imagine that in a few short days that we’ll have hit the halfway mark of 2021. Halfway through another year. I’m not sure if it’s just me, but dates seem to move both fast and slow at the same time. 2020 was Groundhog’s Day. Repeat, repeat, and repeat. 2021 has been a mix of that and..
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