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This week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the monetary policy making arm of the Federal Reserve, met, and signaled the potential for as many as three 0.25% (25 bps) rate hikes in 2022. Further, it…
“The waiting is the hardest part Every day you get one more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part” Tom Petty After a somewhat…
This week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the policy making arm of the Federal Reserve, met, and didn’t make any substantive changes to current monetary policy. No one was expecting it to do so. However,…
This morning was that glorious first morning that when you walk outside you are met with just a bit of chill. “A hint of fall in the air”, if you will. Kids are back in school,…
2021’s most inescapable cocktail party conversation may not actually be around a virus and its mutations, at least in some circles. Instead, this year’s winner may be our very own Central Bank’s decisions in regards to…
Would you consider yourself an optimist or a pessimist? Do you see the glass as half-full or half-empty? Are unforeseen setbacks problems or opportunities? Do you find silver linings or dark clouds? Or do you just…
There has been a lot of red ink in the global stock markets over the last five trading sessions. However, no one will remember this week because of what the S&P 500 did or how the…
Unless you really follow the markets, and I mean really follow them, you might have missed the relatively sharp drop in longer-term interest rates over the last couple of months, especially for US Treasury securities. This…
This past Wednesday was full of newsworthy events. The President met with Vladimir Putin in Geneva, and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded its 2-day meeting on monetary policy. While Putin is officially the President…
Written By: John Norris This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of May 2021 increased 0.6%. This was slightly higher than analysts had been expecting. What’s…