Homeowners have grown faster than renters

Homeowners have grown faster than renters

Between 2015 to 2023, the U.S. added more than 4x more new homeowner households than we did renter households. This is an important datapoint that has gone largely ignored by policymakers and headlines fearmongering about the U.S. becoming a "renter nation" due to investor purchases of single-family homes.

By: Jay Parsons

Goldman Sachs raises S&P 500 year-end target

Goldman Sachs raises S&P 500 year-end target

We raise our S&P 500 year-end target from 5200 to 5600 (+3% from current level) driven by milder-than-average negative earnings revisions and a higher fair value P/E multiple (from 19.5x to 20.4x).

By: David Kostin

The Big Mac Index

The Big Mac Index

At 8.17 U.S. dollars, Switzerland has the most expensive Big Macs in the world, according to the January 2024 Big Mac index. Concurrently the cost of a Big Mac was 5.69 dollars in the U.S., and 5.87 U.S. dollars in the Euro area.

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