A Global Snapshot Of Equity Returns Spanning The COVID-19 Pandemic
View from the Observation Deck 1. Today’s blog post features the total return performance figures for the major global stock […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. Today’s blog post features the total return performance figures for the major global stock […]
One thing we must remember when looking at economic data, is that everything is distorted. The US (in fact, much […]
Existing home sales declined 5.9% in July to a 4.810 million annual rate, below the consensus expected 4.860 million. Sales […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. Today’s blog post shows the yields on a couple of benchmark government bond maturities […]
Retail sales were unchanged in July (+0.3% including revisions to prior months). The consensus expected a gain of 0.1%. Retail […]
Industrial production increased 0.6% in July (+0.4% including revisions to prior months), beating the consensus expected gain of 0.3%. Utilities […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. All three S&P stock indices in the table above recently shifted from bear market […]
Housing starts declined 9.6% in July to a 1.446 million annual rate, well below the consensus expected 1.527 million. Starts […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note (T-note) closed at an all-time low of […]
The Producer Price Index (PPI) declined 0.5% in July, coming in well below the consensus expected +0.2%. Producer prices are […]
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was unchanged in July, below the consensus expected +0.2%. The CPI is up 8.5% from […]