Bright spots in the U.S. economy last week included better-than-expected initial jobless claims, a strong showing from the Philadelphia Fed...
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Cautious Investors Look to Defensive Sectors
Latest Market Volatility Affects Stocks
Prices on U.S. goods and services have generally been rising at roughly the pace investors expected, according to the latest...
Unemployment Rate Hits 48-Year-Low to Start Fourth Quarter
Domestic economic data was mixed last week. The biggest headline was that the U.S. added 134,000 new jobs in September—significantly...
Fed Raises Rates as Third Quarter Comes to a Close
The Fed, as expected, raised a key short-term interest rate last week as the U.S. economy exhibited a mix of...
Investors Shrug Off Trade Concerns and Push Stocks Higher
Weekly initial jobless claims came in much lower than expected last week, while the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index significantly exceeded...
The Revolution Coming to Financial Services
As a goals-based investment manager, we believe investment problems and challenges are best addressed in the context of an investor's...
Investors Cheer Strong Consumers, Moderate Inflation
Optimistic consumers and lower-than-expected inflation characterized much of the economic news in the U.S. last week. The University of Michigan...
Strong Economy and Jobs Market As September Begins
It was another week of solid economic data in the U.S., including:
Confident Consumers Help Power More Market Gains
U.S. economic data for the week was mostly robust. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence indicator exceeded expectations, coming in at...
Energy and Retail Help Push Stocks Higher
The U.S. economy saw better-than-expected jobless claims and greater draws on crude oil inventories last week. That said, most economic...
Consumer Spending Strong in Summer
It was a tale of two economies last week. On one hand, consumers are showing strength—as evidenced by retail and...
U.S. Economic Strength Helps Domestic Equities Outperform
Key inflation data for the month of July was released last week. Core inflation (as measured by the consumer price...
U.S. Economy Stays Strong as the Fed Holds Steady
The Federal Reserve Board last week left a key short-term interest rate unchanged, as expected. But the Fed also explicitly...
Stocks Buoyed by Strong Earnings, Easing of Trade War Tensions
A big week, economically, as GDP for the second quarter of 2018 was released. The economy during the quarter grew...
Stock Market Cyclicals Show Strength
A mixed bag of economic news last week saw, on the plus side, U.S. industrial production and the Philly Fed...
Global Stock Markets Perk Up as Investors Consider
There was plenty of new economic data for investors to parse last week. Some of it, such as core CPI...
