First Trust Monday Morning Outlook Mortgage Reset Alarmism Is Off the Mark
Some investors think the US is already in a recession. As we wrote two weeks ago and as recent data have confirmed, […]
Some investors think the US is already in a recession. As we wrote two weeks ago and as recent data have confirmed, […]
Nonfarm payrolls increased 372,000 in June, beating the consensus expected 265,000. Payroll gains for April and May were revised down […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. In 2017, the S&P 500 Index (“index”) did not register a single down month […]
The trade deficit in goods and services came in at $85.5 billion in May, slightly larger than the consensus expected […]
The ISM Non-Manufacturing index declined to 55.3 in June, beating the consensus expected 54.0. (Levels above 50 signal expansion; levels […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. One of the most common questions we field on an ongoing basis is the […]
As we celebrate 246 years of national independence, our country is now more than two years into an economic recovery […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. The real rate of return on a bond is calculated by subtracting the most […]
Personal income rose 0.5% in May ( 0.6% including revisions to prior months), matching consensus expectations. Personal consumption rose 0.2% […]
Real GDP growth in Q1 was revised slightly lower to a -1.6% annual rate from a prior estimate and consensus […]
We’ve told people to watch the M2 measure of money in order to understand whether inflation will cool down or […]
