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

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jul 8, 20242 min read
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Market Too Frothy?
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...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jul 5, 20245 min read
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Inflation Cools, Rate Cut Hopes Alive
Cooler inflation data and comments from the Fed caused rate cut hopes to improve. Both the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jun 17, 20242 min read
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Raising Expectations?
Markets have moved higher this week with the inflation news and the higher probabilities of a rate cut in September. While the...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jun 14, 20245 min read
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Markets Stabilize As Inflation Comes In Flat
Inflation fears pushed equities lower last week, but inflation data released on Friday seemed to ease investors somewhat. The PCE Price...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jun 3, 20242 min read
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Danger Zone?
Markets are pulling back on some inflation worries and poorer economic metrics. However, this is a bit of a conundrum, because if the...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
May 31, 20244 min read
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Investors Concern Over Rate Cuts Revisited
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...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
May 28, 20242 min read
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Some Kind Of Wonderful
The worries over inflation and a delay in Federal Reserve rate cuts reignited this week, as equity markets flirt with the first negative...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
May 24, 20245 min read
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Markets Resilient Amid Inflation Data
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....

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
May 20, 20242 min read
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Don't Stop Believin'
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,...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
May 17, 20245 min read
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Earnings Help Push Equities Higher
Markets moved higher for the 3rd consecutive week. With 85% of S&P 500 companies having reported 1st quarter earnings results, 78% have...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
May 13, 20242 min read
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Equities Shake Off GDP Report
Equities seemed to ultimately shake off a poor GDP report and higher rates for longer concerns. Markets have been reeling ever since the...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Apr 29, 20242 min read
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Weird Economics
Has the Fed miscalculated the resilience of the consumer, or have they just not paid attention to inflation? In our humble estimation,...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Apr 26, 20245 min read
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Fed Adds To Market Tensions
More trouble in the Middle East last week made the Fed’s comments seem all the more poorly timed.

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Apr 22, 20242 min read
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You'll Get Nothing, And Like It!
You'll Get Nothing, And Like It!

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Apr 19, 20245 min read
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Inflation, Taxes, & The Middle East
Markets got spooked by a slightly higher than expected CPI report and trouble in the Middle East, on top of Tax Friday. Typically,...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Apr 15, 20242 min read
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Not Keeping Historical Perspective Can Be Lethal
An inflation number that was slightly higher than what the market expected, and you would have thought the world was coming to an end. A...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Apr 12, 20245 min read
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Fed Speakers Put A Damper On Rally
Markets were turned upside down over Fed speakers' inconsistent statements last week. Despite the fact that Fed Chairman Powell stated...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Apr 8, 20242 min read
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Got Time To Duck?
Between the Fed, geopolitical concerns, and earthquakes, markets have been a little shaky this week. I don't know if it's a long overdue...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Apr 5, 20246 min read
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Markets Continue March Higher With Strong Economic Backdrop
Equities again made new highs last week, but the leadership was different. Tech stocks took a back seat to other sectors, such as...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Apr 1, 20242 min read
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