S&P 500 Index Dividends & Stock Buybacks
View from the Observation Deck Companies have a number of ways to return capital to their shareholders. Two of the […]
View from the Observation Deck Companies have a number of ways to return capital to their shareholders. Two of the […]
While the Fed kept rates unchanged at today’s meeting, between the press conference and forecast updates, Powell and Co. gave […]
View from the Observation Deck A myriad of factors, including expectations regarding the direction of U.S monetary policy and developments […]
Housing starts declined 11.3% in August to a 1.283 million annual rate, well below the consensus expected 1.439 million. Starts […]
Industrial production increased 0.4% in August (+0.6% including revisions to prior months) beating the consensus expected gain of 0.1%. Utilities […]
Retail sales rose 0.6% in August (+0.2% including revisions to prior months), beating the consensus expected gain of 0.1%. Retail […]
The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.7% in August, coming in well above the consensus expected +0.4%. Producer prices are […]
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.6% in August, matching consensus expectations. The CPI is up 3.7% from a year […]
View from the Observation Deck Today’s blog post is for those investors who want to drill down below the sector […]
A month ago, many people were pretty sure serious inflation concerns had passed. After the equivalent of 22 quarter-point rate […]
View from the Observation Deck The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that U.S. petroleum consumption averaged nearly 20.28 million barrels […]
The ISM Non-Manufacturing index rose to 54.5 in August, easily beating the consensus expected 52.5 (Levels above 50 signal expansion; […]
