Weekly Insight | July 28, 2021
The S&P 500 rallied back this week to again set another high. The index was up 1.0% on the week as large cap domestic equities remain the source of outperformance.
Weekly Insight | July 21, 2021
The 2021 second quarter earnings season has started out strong. So far, 20% of S&P 500 companies have reported and earnings and sales growth are coming in a lot stronger than expected.
Investment Insight Q2 2021
Weekly Insight | July 14, 2021
The S&P 500 inched up to again make a new all-time high led by tech mega-caps. Small caps were down 2.2% and continued their notable underperformance of late. Emerging markets remain down on the month but are not faring as bad as domestic small cap equities.
Weekly Insight | July 7, 2021
We were blessed with the largest nonfarm payrolls increase in 10 months in June, with 850,000 jobs added. We also saw unemployment increase from 5.8% to 5.9%, however this is not a bad sign.
Weekly Insight | June 30, 2021
The S&P 500 inched up to make a new all-time high. Under the surface, however, things are not so strong with less than 50% of the Index trading above its 50-day moving average.
Insight Extra | Inflation: Transitory or Transformational? | 6.29.21
As economies around the globe continue to recover from the pandemic-induced downturn, one of the topics receiving an ever-growing amount of attention is the prospect for a surge in the rate of inflation.
Weekly Insight | June 23, 2021
Some new housing data was released this week. Existing home sales came in higher than expected but lower than the previous month. We have seen month-over-month dips since the beginning of the year.
Weekly Insight | June 16, 2021
Headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) was hotter than expected with a gain of 5.0% versus the previous year. Core CPI was up 3.8% versus the prior year, its highest reading since 1992.
Weekly Insight | June 9, 2021
The big number being talked about this week is the unemployment rate. The reading of 5.8% is down from last month’s 6.1% and the number of unemployed people is at 9.3 million.