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The Week Ahead – 1st & Goal

By | 2/14/22 9:27 AM Brett Dulyea, CFA, CAIA
| 2/14/22 9:27 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.

What a game! Super Bowl LVI proved to be an absolute nail-biter. In the fourth quarter, the Los Angeles Rams took the ball down the field in 15 plays to score the winning touchdown. While there was still time on the clock, the Bengals quarterback was sacked in a fourth down turnover that sealed..

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Investments & Economy The Week Ahead Grow

The Week Ahead – No Longer a Looming Cycle

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. 

Markets remained highly volatile last week. Investors, in our view, are still coming to grips with a looming monetary tightening cycle and a more persistent inflation backdrop. The reaction of share prices last week to earnings beats and misses was dramatic, with stocks adding and losing $200bn..

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Investments & Economy The Week Ahead Grow

The Week Ahead – Hold Your Horses!

By | 1/24/22 10:35 AM Brett Dulyea, CFA, CAIA
| 1/24/22 10:35 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.

Hopefully everyone had a nice weekend. I went horseback riding with the family in the Hollywood Hills on Saturday. I had not been on a horse in nearly forty years. The weather was absolutely gorgeous, giving us incredible views of Los Angeles all the way out to the ocean. The horses were very..

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