After gaining 28% in a straight line from the 10% correction low in late October to the most recent all-time high, it’s understandable that the market has been consolidating a bit.

By: Jurrien Timmer

Perhaps the market is starting to realize things are not as rosy as it seems. When investors feel the economic winds are on their backs, flows go proportionately to the different credit buckets, in fact one can argue that in an expansion, riskier bets are placed and the worst credit ratings get more money.

By: Gustavo A. Cano

We are killing Europe with our own hands.

By: Alfonso Peccatiello

Takeaway from today's FOMC meeting = no rate cuts any time soon, but a lot less QT. However focusing on the short-term developments like this can cloud the bigger picture issues...

By: Callum Thomas

Where did all the stocks go?

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

"As long as inflation is pro-cyclical (demand-pull), stocks tend to perform well, as higher inflation is associated with stronger growth. When inflation is counter cyclical (cost-push), however, stocks suffer."

By: Daily Chartbook

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