In this week’s episode, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, reports live from the bustling Sixth Street in Austin while Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, holds down the fort in a much quieter spot. Despite the market noise—both literal and financial—there’s actually some …
2021 was a very happy year for U.S. stock investors. The S&P 500 finished the second year of a pandemic 28.7% higher than it started the year. Other countries did not do as well. The MSCI ACWI, which includes U.S. stocks, rose 18.5% in 2021. Those returns are still very impressive, but …
A sale to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a rarely used Exit Path, but business owners have begun taking interest in the possibilities they provide. An ESOP can be many things, but in its simplest form, it’s a qualified retirement plan that must invest primarily in the stock of a …
The PCE price deflator confirmed inflation remains a strong challenge for the U.S. economy, rising 0.6% last month and 5.7% in the last 12 months. The annual increase was the highest since 1982. Core PCE inflation rose 0.5%, suggesting food and energy prices rose only slightly more than bro …
The Federal Reserve announced last week it would reduce its bond purchases faster than expected and signaled it intended to raise interest rates up to three times next year. The purchases were being reduced by $15 billion per month and will now accelerate to $30 billion per month, and the p …
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Consumer prices continued their rapid climb in the U.S. The Consumer Price Index surged 0.8% in November and is now 6.8% higher than one year ago. Big increases in food and energy prices accounted for nearly half the gains in the monthly and annual numbers. Core inflation, which excludes th …
