A Snapshot Of The S&P 500 Index Earnings Beat Rate
View from the Observation Deck As we head into the close of the Q4’22 corporate earnings reporting season, we thought […]
View from the Observation Deck As we head into the close of the Q4’22 corporate earnings reporting season, we thought […]
The trade deficit in goods and services came in at $68.3 billion in January, slightly smaller than the consensus expected […]
View from the Observation Deck Investors directing capital into mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) continued to favor passive […]
In multiple ways, this is the most difficult time we have ever seen to make a forecast. “Unprecedented” actions by […]
The ISM Non-Manufacturing index ticked down to 55.1 in February, beating the consensus expected 54.5 (Levels above 50 signal expansion; […]
View from the Observation Deck We get asked from time to time what our take is on the U.S. dollar […]
The ISM Manufacturing Index increased to 47.7 in February, lagging the consensus expected 48.0. (Levels higher than 50 signal expansion; […]
View from the Observation Deck On February 24, 2023, the S&P 500 Index closed the trading session at 3,970.04, which […]
New orders for durable goods declined 4.5% in January (-5.0% including revisions to prior months), coming in below the consensus […]
New single-family home sales increased 7.2% in January to a 0.670 million annual rate, beating the consensus expected 0.620 million. […]
View from the Observation Deck We update this post on small-capitalization (cap) stocks every now and then so that investors […]
Real GDP growth in Q4 was revised lower to a 2.7% annual rate from a prior estimate of and consensus […]