Trading on Wednesday and Thursday stumped some market prognosticators as it seemed to be counter to what the Fed attempted to convey...

Equities rallied last week in the absence of Fed speakers, while Fixed Income was mixed. So far, 29% of S&P 500 companies have reported...

The week has been a welcome break from the Fed, as the central bank went into their "blackout" period before next week's much-anticipated...

The Fed has the ability to move the markets these days with a sneeze or a cough from the mouth of Chairman Powell. Does the Fed really...

Equities were higher overall for the first week of 2023. The first week of trading in 2023 carried the all too familiar theme of...

Equities were mixed last week, but sectors that under-performed were down only marginally. Equities and fixed income finished the year...

The Fed has taken a hard line on inflation, which has stolen any chance of a Santa Rally. But the Fed's latest projections and rhetoric...

The Fed doused any hopes of a Santa Rally last week with hawkish language following their last meeting of 2022. Despite the fact that the...

The Fed decided to dash the hopes of equity bulls this week as it announced a highly expected 50 basis point rate hike, but also signaled...

Despite the lack of Fed speakers, markets pulled back on rate hike and recession fears. This week, Inflation and the Fed’s Interest Rate...

Markets have turned back to the "good news is bad news" framework this week, despite no Fed speakers and nothing to contradict Fed...

Markets waivered during the week, but ended positive on Powell’s dovish comments. There were a lot of economic updates to digest last...

For the few weeks, you could have thrown out the fundamentals and just paid attention to what any particular Fed member was saying in any...

Every equity sector was higher last week as the market responded to dovish comments in the November FOMC minutes. There are seven...

There aren't many Thanksgiving movies or songs that I could reference for this week's musing, so I picked a movie that has the...

Equity markets were mixed last week as momentum stocks moved lower and defensive stocks generally held up. Last week, Retail Sales...

It has become apparent that last week's CPI surprise and this week's PPI surprise had many market actors unprepared. The Fed has access...

Markets struggled through Wednesday until Thursday’s CPI report surprised nearly everyone. Thursday’s release of October CPI (inflation)...

Things often seem better at the time than they do in the rearview mirror. I'll bet Fed Chairman Powell is thinking that right about now....

The markets got a bit of a shock last week as Fed Chairman Powell doused market hopes for a rate slowdown. The big news last week was...