Federated Hermes: Goldilocks And The Federal Reserve
Fed plans to keep interest rates higher for longer. The Federal Reserve poured cold water on the popular “Immaculate Disinflation and Pivot” thesis at its policy-setting meeting on Wednesday. The Fed voted to keep interest rates unchanged at a 22-year high. But it signaled it would likely orchestrate one more hike this year and then […]
Visual Capitalist: The World’s 50 Top Countries By GDP, By Sector Breakdown
Visualized: The Three Pillars of GDP, by Country Over the last several decades, the service sector has fueled the economic activity of the world’s largest countries. Driving this trend has been changes in consumption, the easing of trade barriers, and rapid advancements in tech. We can see this in the gross domestic product (GDP) […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended September 22nd
Higher for longer Although the Fed kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged—as expected—it signaled that it’s likely to keep that rate high further into 2024 than it had previously forecast. Projections released at the end of the Fed’s meeting showed that 12 of 19 officials favor raising rates one more time this year. […]
Janus Henderson: Opportunities In Fixed Income As The Fed Approaches Its Terminal Rate
Portfolio Managers Seth Meyer and John Lloyd join U.S. Head of Portfolio Construction and Strategy Lara Castleton in a discussion on where they see value in U.S. fixed income and how they believe investors should position portfolios to take advantage of the opportunities available. 33 minute listen – Click to listen Key takeaways: […]
Visual Capitalist: U.S. Home Price Growth Over 50 Years
Chart: U.S. Home Price Growth Over 50 Years This was originally posted on Advisor Channel. Sign up to the free mailing list to get beautiful visualizations on financial markets that help advisors and their clients. U.S. home prices grew significantly in […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended September 15
Inflation’s persistence The main benchmark of U.S. inflation climbed at its fastest pace since mid-2022, as the Consumer Price Index rose at an annual rate of 3.7% in August and 0.6% on a month-to-month basis. Higher […]
E-Valuator RMS Funds H1 2023 Overview and Outlook
Watch and learn as Kevin Miller, CEO of E-Valuator Funds, takes us through what happened in the first half of 2023 with regard to what happened with stock market, bond markets and the performance of the E-Valuator Funds. Click here to learn more.
Visual Capitalist: 25 Best Stocks By Shareholder Wealth Creation 1926-2022
The 25 Best Stocks by Shareholder Wealth Creation (1926-2022) Out of 28,114 publicly-listed U.S. companies analyzed over the last century, the 25 best stocks have created nearly a third of all shareholder wealth. Put another way, just 0.1% of stocks have added over $17.6 trillion to investors’ wallets. In this graphic, we use data from […]
LPL: Breaking Down The Breakout In Oil
Key Takeaways: Over the last few months, improving supply and demand dynamics have reenergized crude oil. WTI just wrapped up a nine-day winning streak, marking its longest stretch of consecutive gains since 2019. During this period, crude oil amassed a 9.2% gain, an impressive rally, but not sticking out compared to the 12.9% average […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended September 8th
Crude awakening The price of U.S. crude oil rose on Friday to the highest level since last November, eclipsing $87 per barrel. The price has climbed nearly 10% over the past two weeks amid renewed oil supply concerns, adding to inflationary pressures across the broad economy. 2-year yields rise Concerns about the potential for […]