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The Week Ahead – We’re Having a Heat Wave

By | 9/12/22 11:07 AM Brett Dulyea, CFA, CAIA
| 9/12/22 11:07 AM

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 weather in California has been hot, hot, hot. It got so bad, I had a meeting with a colleague last week who felt it necessary to get a hotel room since her house did not have air conditioning. Fortunately, it looks like the worst is behind us.

Speaking of too hot, the economic data are..

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Investments & Economy The Week Ahead Grow

The Week Ahead – More Fed Speak

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. 

Stocks were down for the third week in a row, with the S&P 500 falling 3.2% last week, carrying over the concerns from the previous week’s highly anticipated Federal Reserve meeting in Jackson Hole. Reality has set in; the Fed has committed to restoring inflation to 2%, aiming to cool demand by..

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The Week Ahead – Back to School

By | 8/22/22 11:53 AM Brett Dulyea, CFA, CAIA
| 8/22/22 11:53 AM

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.

Seems like summer vacation gets shorter every year. Both my kids went back to school last week with our older one starting 7th grade and the younger beginning 3rd. Switching the mindset away from summer vacation mode has gone surprisingly smoothly so far. Almost all the classroom covid precautions..

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