by John E. Charalambakis | Aug 22, 2018 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
With very little doubt the good earnings growth has uplifted and sustained stocks to high levels. At the same time, good economic growth has uplifted consumer and business confidence levels and has advanced spending. The main question at this point is that if such...
by Andy Quirk | Aug 18, 2018 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action It was a good week for US stocks as the Dow and the S&P 500 saw major gains on Thursday. US government debt yields fell this week amidst fears surrounding emerging markets. European markets edged slightly lower on the week, with Asian markets closing...
by John E. Charalambakis | Aug 16, 2018 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Over the course of the last few days, emerging markets currencies have been experiencing tremors due to contagion fears originating in the Turkish lira. As the first graph below shows, emerging market dollar-denominated debt has more than doubled in the last ten...
by Laura Hochstetler | Aug 11, 2018 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Global equities edged lower on the week, weighed down by contagion fears emanating from an intensifying Turkish currency crisis. The yield on the US 10-year note fell in reaction to the situation, slipping to 2.87% from 2.97% a week ago. The price of a...
by Laura Hochstetler | Aug 4, 2018 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action The major US stock market benchmarks closed slightly positive for the week, while ex-US equities declined modestly on the week. The yield of the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was little changed for the week, ending at 2.95% after having stalled near 3%...
by John E. Charalambakis | Aug 1, 2018 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Warning: This is not a commentary about warnings. Forecast: Why should anyone desire to be proven wrong? Market Indexes: Distorted and inadequate to capture market movements let alone the undercurrent fundamentals. In the not too distant past, when we look at the...