Weekly Market Update
Market Action Despite more data that questioned the health of the current macroeconomic environment asset markets had one of their best weeks in months. Energy and Materials, the two weakest sectors so far in 2015, led the rally with each rising over 7%. The first...Weekly Market Update
Market Action An upward revision to Q2 GDP growth from 3.7% to 3.9% couldn’t lift markets this past week. The downfall this week hit the Nasdaq especially hard as concerns over drug prices and potential political action impacted the Biotech industry specifically and...Weekly Market Update
Market Action The September meeting of the Federal Reserve came and went without a change in monetary policy. Citing the effects on inflation from global weakness Janet Yellen still reiterated expectations for a rate increase this year. Stocks rallied initially on the...Weekly Market Update
Market Action In the week before a long anticipated Fed meeting markets calm relative to their recent actions over the past month. Data was mixed on the week, with Job openings suggesting labor market confidence but consumer sentiment disappointing. The data, combined...Monthly Barometer’s Forward-Looking Monthly Review: An Interdisciplinary View of our Complex Global Economy
The global economic outlook is becoming increasingly deflationary. The dual collapse in commodity prices and EM currencies, combined with and caused by the sharp deceleration in China, exerts strong deflationary headwinds that affect the rest of the world. A situation...Sign Up for Our Publications
