A Snapshot of Bond Valuations
View from the Observation Deck Today’s blog post is intended to provide insight into bond prices relative to changes in […]
View from the Observation Deck Today’s blog post is intended to provide insight into bond prices relative to changes in […]
Real GDP increased at a 2.4% annual rate in Q2, beating the consensus expected 1.8%. The largest positive contributions to […]
New orders for durable goods rose 4.7% in June (+4.9% including revisions to prior months), easily beating the consensus expected […]
Anyone hoping for excitement from today’s Fed statement was severely disappointed. As expected, the federal funds rate was lifted 25 […]
New single-family home sales declined 2.5% in June to a 0.697 million annual rate, lagging the consensus expected 0.725 million. […]
View from the Observation Deck As today’s chart reveals, investors tend to utilize money market funds during times of uncertainty […]
No one should be popping champagne when they see Thursday’s GDP report. The good news is that it won’t be […]
View from the Observation Deck Investors often use the level of cash held by companies, among other metrics, as a […]
Existing home sales declined 3.3% in June to a 4.160 million annual rate, narrowly lagging the consensus expected 4.200 million. […]
Housing starts declined 8.0% in June to a 1.434 million annual rate, below the consensus expected 1.480 million. Starts are […]
View from the Observation Deck As we head into second quarter earnings season, we thought it would be timely to […]
Industrial production declined 0.5% in June (-0.8% including revisions to prior months) versus a consensus expectation of 0.0%. Utilities output […]
Retail sales rose 0.2% in June, (+0.4% including revisions to prior months), lagging the consensus expected gain of 0.5%. Retail […]
The best news last week was that inflation came in below expectations for June. Consumer prices rose a moderate 0.2% […]
