Jamie Williams, EIG Wealth Advisor, talks with Barry Mendelson, CEO of Capital Market Consultants, about the significance of investment research for due diligence, quality metrics, and diversification of portfolios. 

By: EIG

After gaining 28% in a straight line since the last “wobble” (last October), the S&P 500 index is wobbling again and is down 2.4% from its April 1st high.

By: Jurrien Timmer

IMF Growth Forecast: 2024

By: International Monetary Fund

The yield curve is exhibiting a rare and dangerous trend.

By: Alfonso Peccatiello

"A record-high share of US consumers are planning to go on vacation to a foreign country within the next six months ...”

By: Daily Chartbook

US Treasury yields on the long end have risen to their highest level since November, dampening risk appetite and putting the S&P 500 on track for its third consecutive weekly decline.

By: Boris Kovacevic

The S&P 500’s dividend yield has moved down to 1.35%, the lowest since Q4/2021. The all-time low was 1.12% in Q1/2000. To put this in perspective: in the late 80s/early 90s the dividend yield stood at 3-4%.

By: Till Christian Budelmann

The natural rate of interest is an important economic concept that signifies the point of equilibrium for the interest rate, at which inflation remains stable.

By: Enric A.

"Wage inflation continues to stay at a level higher than was ever seen in the decade before the pandemic."

By: Daily Chartbook

"Analysts now see operating margins for the first quarter at 15%, with the worst of the pain in the rear-view mirror as forecasts improve in the coming quarters."

By: Daily Chartbook

"According to the American Association of Individual Investors’ weekly survey, its members are now the most bullish they have been since the 2021 'meme-stock' craze."

By: Daily Chartbook

🇺🇸🚨BREAKING: Powell Still Sees Room for the Fed to Cut Rates This Year

By: David Simon Elkoubi

Tesla is taking a pounding! It has lost almost a third of its value since the start of this year. There is even talk of a potential EV market collapse.

By: James Eagle

BREAKING: The 10-year note yield is now trading at its highest level since November 2023, at 4.39%. Stickier than expected inflation data and rising oil prices have added to inflation worries over the last month.

By: Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA

I always want to hear the other side of the debate, but right now the evidence pointing toward a peak in equity markets is overwhelming...

By: Francois Trahan, M2SD

The Federal Reserve's inflation story is all about housing.

By: Leo Kolivakis

No one holds Russell 2000 (small-caps) stocks any more...

By: Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA

"Since 1929, the S&P 500 has gained 6.2%, on average, during the fourth year of presidential elections."

By: Daily Chartbook

Who Owns the US market?

By: Valerie Noel

Magnificent 7. Or is it Magnificent 2?  

By: Jesper Rangvid