Market Commentary

Will the seventh time be the charm?  According to Deutsch Bank this is at least the seventh time in this hiking cycle that markets have reacted notably in response to

Equities were essentially unchanged yesterday following its best week of 2023.  A reversal of the moves in Treasuries weighed on stocks with 10-year Treasury yields rising about

JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon stated the other day that central banks got financial forecasting “100% dead wrong” about 18 months ago. Most, including the Federal Reserve, thought the economy would be near or in a recession by

Alphabet and Microsoft report earnings today after the close.  Meta’s results are due tomorrow and Amazon’s on Thursday.

The S & P 500 is broaching the pivotal 200 day moving average. Oil prices are at the highest levels in over a year.  The VIX or the fear index is at levels last experienced in March.  Long dated Treasuries are hovering around yields last experienced 16

Considerable attention has been focused upon the carnage in the Treasury market.  The implosion in the $10 trillion corporate bond market is perhaps

Will geopolitical issues become the predominant market narrative?  Until Friday the Middle East was only a conversation having limited market impact.  War is perhaps the most unquantified event of

The PPI rose more than forecast in September, bolstered by higher energy and food costs that continue to wrinkle the path toward sustainably lower inflation.  The data suggests the economy still has not seen the

Equities rose and Treasury yields fell after comments from Fed officials bolstered speculation the central bank is heading toward another pause in interest rate hikes.  Oil edged lower, following its

Wow!  September’s jobs data was extremely strong.  August’s data was revised considerably higher.  The statistics blew past all estimates by a wide margin as employers added 336,000 jobs in