A much anticipated Federal Reserve “Fed” meeting will be taking place over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The anticipation can be summed up in one word, “patient” which refers to whether the Fed will mainta...
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As the European Central Bank (ECB) has moved to reduce the potential for deflation in Europe, there has been a significant impact on the global interest rate landscape. This move by the ECB is likely to impact our domestic bond market for...
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Domestic stocks managed to post a positive year, although the advance was not as broad-based as prior years with mid-cap and small-cap stocks producing only about half of the gain of large stocks. Foreign stocks were negative for the year d...
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The price of oil is falling like a rock. Since June, oil prices have fallen more than 40% and last week the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) (the most popular benchmark for American oil) closed below $60 a barrel(1). After Saudi A...
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October turned in a wild ride for financial markets, as stocks, bonds and commodities all had volatile months. There were a number of interesting market moves that we could discuss, but I will just touch on a couple that I feel will be impo...
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