There are a lot of interesting things going on and the typical lazy summer is turning into a busy, even cruel summer. This week's musings...

Breadth improved across the board last week, as markets may have turned a corner following a soft inflation report. The Consumer Price...

The inflation data for June was released this week and it showed that consumers are getting a break in costs. This caused a shift in the...

Markets were higher last week as the holiday-shortened trading didn't seem to affect investors' appetite for risk. And yet, concentration...

Markets head into the July 4th holiday near or at all-time highs and things don't feel as great as one might think. AI-related names...

Not all market sectors were created equal last week and market breadth is becoming more of a concern. Of the top ten holdings of the S&P...

Cooler inflation data and comments from the Fed caused rate cut hopes to improve. Both the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price...

Markets have moved higher this week with the inflation news and the higher probabilities of a rate cut in September. While the...

Momentum stocks were back in vogue last week as investors shook off economic data and September rate cut hopes were renewed. There have...

Markets seemed to calm this week as economic reports came in a little weaker than expected, increasing the probabilities of a September...

Inflation fears pushed equities lower last week, but inflation data released on Friday seemed to ease investors somewhat. The PCE Price...

Markets are pulling back on some inflation worries and poorer economic metrics. However, this is a bit of a conundrum, because if the...

Rate cut expectations slid and markets took a rally break last week. Markets broke a 4-week win streak as rate cuts for September by the...

The worries over inflation and a delay in Federal Reserve rate cuts reignited this week, as equity markets flirt with the first negative...

Markets absorb inflation data and move higher for the 4th consecutive week. There was good news and bad news in Tuesday's release of PPI....

Inflation was all the talk this week and so far, the markets seem to have embraced the news well. While PPI was higher than expected,...

Markets moved higher for the 3rd consecutive week. With 85% of S&P 500 companies having reported 1st quarter earnings results, 78% have...

Perhaps the Fed read our blog post from last week (just kidding - they have better things to do), but Chairman Powell channeled his inner...

Equities seemed to ultimately shake off a poor GDP report and higher rates for longer concerns. Markets have been reeling ever since the...

Has the Fed miscalculated the resilience of the consumer, or have they just not paid attention to inflation? In our humble estimation,...