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Jobs Data, Shipping, & Oil
In honor of rising inflation, lately I've been listening to some of my favorite tv show themes from the '70s & '80s on Spotify. One tv...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Feb 4, 20226 min read
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Battle Ongoing Between Fed & Investors
We saw the markets respond to the end of QE in 2014 with a temporary sell off that resulting in the S&P 500 Index moving lower by 7.6%. ...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jan 31, 20222 min read
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Fed Policy Confuses & Markets Throw Tantrum
Equity markets have not taken kindly to current Fed policy and the broad index is down about 10% from January 4th highs. We believe that...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jan 28, 20223 min read
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Fed Policy, Inflation, & Expensive Equities
For the time being, the fundamentals seems to have taken a back seat to Fed policy and rising inflation. The economic data, for the most...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jan 24, 20222 min read
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Markets Grappling With Fed Policy
For the 2nd consecutive week, investors struggled to digest comments from the Fed. In his testimony on Tuesday before the Senate, Fed...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jan 18, 20222 min read
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The Fed Giveth, And The Fed Taketh Away
The primary concern among investors at this point is a Fed policy mistake. In our view, that ship may have already sailed. One of my...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jan 14, 20224 min read
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Federal Reserve New Year's Resolution: Confuse & Confound
Equity markets were spooked on Wednesday of last week as the dot plot was shifted from rate hikes beginning in the 2nd half of 2022 to...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jan 10, 20222 min read
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New Year, New Focus
While some of the same problems from 2021 will likely affect markets in 2022, there is likely going to be a shift in market returns from...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jan 3, 20222 min read
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Fed Delivers 'Bah, Humbug' Message Before The Holidays
The Fed announced last week that Tapering of bond purchases would proceed at a faster pace ($30 bil per month) than originally advertised...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Dec 20, 20212 min read
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Teacher Says, 'Every Time The Fed Speaks, An Angel Gets Volatility'
I borrowed this week's title from a Christmas movie classic to relay how much the Fed can move markets. The famous quote from the movie...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Dec 17, 20217 min read
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