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.
The jobs report last Friday was an absolute scorcher, 379K versus 200K expected. The private payroll number was even better at 465K versus 200K expected – dropping the unemployment rate to 6.2%. Even with the big increase in payrolls, the number of jobs in the United States is still down by..
Continue Reading >>
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.
For a change, the S&P 500 did not have the best of weeks. Equity markets were battered as a relentless backup in long-term interest rates weighed on valuations. The S&P 500 slipped 2.4% but suffered deeper declines of more than 4% in some of the market's higher growth areas. Still, the S&P 500..
Continue Reading >>
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.
For those who know me well, they know that I love to read. Most of the time I’m juggling anywhere between two to three books at a time. While I do read occasionally on my iPhone, nothing is better than kicking back on a couch with a paperback or hardcover in-hand. As one can imagine, during the..
Continue Reading >>