Tag Archives: Monthly Reports

March 10, 2022

Inflation Watch – CPI’s Highest Annual Growth Since January 1982
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

CPI jumped 7.9% year-over-year, marking its highest annual growth since January 1982. Many expect this to continue to rise in March given the spike in energy costs, but housing costs remain the key metric to watch. Their continued rise will remain a much more stable contributor to headline inflation over the long run.... Read More

March 4, 2022

Monthly Reports

Employment in Pictures – Low-Paying Service Jobs Account for Bulk of Big Beat
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Payrolls beat almost all estimates in February, thanks in large part to the addition of a large number of low-paying service jobs.... Read More

March 1, 2022

Monthly Reports

Total Return Review: The Global Agg’s Streak Continues
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

February proved to be one of the more volatile months since the Great Recession, exacerbating trends that began over the past several months.... Read More

February 25, 2022

Monthly Reports

Monthly Fund Flows – First Outflow From Bond Funds Since 2020
Newsclips

Despite stocks massively outperforming bonds since QE began in 2009, bond funds have seen much larger inflows.... Read More

February 16, 2022

Monthly Reports

TIC Update – Will Foreigners Pick Up the Slack When the Fed Exits?
Newsclips

The Fed's holdings of Treasury securities continues to grow and remains larger than all other central banks' holdings combined.... Read More

February 10, 2022

Monthly Reports

Inflation Watch – Housing Inflation Heating Up
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Used car and truck prices are still rising, but at a much slower rate than in mid-2021. Meanwhile, housing prices are beginning to heat up. The degree to which housing offsets the the more temporary categories will go a long way in determining the inflation story over the next year.... Read More

February 4, 2022

Monthly Reports

Employment in Pictures – A Note on Annual Benchmark Revisions
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

The January payrolls number exceeded even the most optimistic estimates. While the focus remains on inflation, the odds of a 50 basis point hike in March have begun to move higher.... Read More

February 1, 2022

Monthly Reports

Total Return Review: A Volatile Month to Start the Year
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

January proved to be one of the more volatile months in quite a while. Stocks and bonds suffered as inflation heated up, but commodities had one of their best months on record.... Read More

January 27, 2022

Monthly Reports

Market Capitalization as a Percentage of GDP
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

A look at the size of various markets compared to the U.S. economy... Read More

January 19, 2022

Monthly Reports

TIC Update – Comparing the Fed’s Treasury Holdings to Foreigners’ Holdings
Newsclips

The Fed's holdings of Treasury securities continues to grow and remains larger than all other central banks' holdings combined.... Read More

January 12, 2022

Monthly Reports

Inflation Watch – Non-Reopening CPI Components Continue Higher
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Inflation can be broken down into reopening and non-reopening components. Powell's decision to retire the word 'transitory' may have been partly based on the rise in 'non-reopening' inflation.... Read More

January 7, 2022

Monthly Reports

Employment in Pictures – Leisure & Hospitality Wages Continue Higher
Posted By Jim Bianco | Featured, Newsclips

Wage growth in the leisure and hospitality industry remains strong, even when looking at a shorter timeframe to avoid comparisons to the depths of the pandemic.... Read More

January 3, 2022

Monthly Reports

Total Return Review: A Look Back at 2021
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

A recap of the best and worst returns across major asset classes in 2021... Read More

December 31, 2021

Monthly Reports

Monthly Fund Flows – Differentiating ‘Allocator’ ETF Flows From ‘Trader’ ETF Flows
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Differentiating 'allocator' ETF flows from 'trader' ETF flows... Read More

December 16, 2021

Monthly Reports

TIC Update – Comparing the Fed’s Treasury Holdings to Foreigners’ Holdings
Featured, Newsclips

The Fed's holdings of Treasury securities continues to grow and remains larger than all other central banks' holdings combined.... Read More

December 10, 2021

Monthly Reports

Inflation Watch – Non-Reopening CPI Components Continue Higher
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

December 3, 2021

Monthly Reports

Employment in Pictures – Leisure & Hospitality Wages Continue Higher
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Wage growth in the leisure and hospitality industry remains strong, even when looking at a shorter timeframe to avoid comparisons to the depths of the pandemic.... Read More

December 1, 2021

Monthly Reports

Total Return Review – Two-Year Note on Pace for First Yearly TR Loss on Record
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

The two-year Treasury note is on track to finish the year with a negative total return, a feat that hasn't occurred since data began being collected in 1973.... Read More

November 30, 2021

Monthly Reports

Monthly Fund Flows – The Growth of Index Funds
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Index funds have accounted for an increasingly larger portion of ETF and mutual funds' assets under management over the past decade.... Read More

November 17, 2021

Monthly Reports

TIC Update – Japan’s Record Sales of U.S. Equities in September
Posted By Alex Malitas | Newsclips

Japan sold a record $11.42 billion of U.S. equities in September. ... Read More

Inflation Watch – CPI’s Highest Annual Growth Since January 1982 Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – Low-Paying Service Jobs Account for Bulk of Big Beat Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review: The Global Agg’s Streak Continues Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – First Outflow From Bond Funds Since 2020 Newsclips

TIC Update – Will Foreigners Pick Up the Slack When the Fed Exits? Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Housing Inflation Heating Up Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – A Note on Annual Benchmark Revisions Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review: A Volatile Month to Start the Year Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Market Capitalization as a Percentage of GDP Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

TIC Update – Comparing the Fed’s Treasury Holdings to Foreigners’ Holdings Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Non-Reopening CPI Components Continue Higher Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – Leisure & Hospitality Wages Continue Higher Posted By Jim Bianco | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review: A Look Back at 2021 Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – Differentiating ‘Allocator’ ETF Flows From ‘Trader’ ETF Flows Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

TIC Update – Comparing the Fed’s Treasury Holdings to Foreigners’ Holdings Featured, Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Non-Reopening CPI Components Continue Higher Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – Leisure & Hospitality Wages Continue Higher Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review – Two-Year Note on Pace for First Yearly TR Loss on Record Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – The Growth of Index Funds Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

TIC Update – Japan’s Record Sales of U.S. Equities in September Posted By Alex Malitas | Newsclips

Inflation Watch – CPI’s Highest Annual Growth Since January 1982
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – Low-Paying Service Jobs Account for Bulk of Big Beat
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review: The Global Agg’s Streak Continues
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – First Outflow From Bond Funds Since 2020
Newsclips

TIC Update – Will Foreigners Pick Up the Slack When the Fed Exits?
Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Housing Inflation Heating Up
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – A Note on Annual Benchmark Revisions
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review: A Volatile Month to Start the Year
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Market Capitalization as a Percentage of GDP
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

TIC Update – Comparing the Fed’s Treasury Holdings to Foreigners’ Holdings
Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Non-Reopening CPI Components Continue Higher
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – Leisure & Hospitality Wages Continue Higher
Posted By Jim Bianco | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review: A Look Back at 2021
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – Differentiating ‘Allocator’ ETF Flows From ‘Trader’ ETF Flows
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

TIC Update – Comparing the Fed’s Treasury Holdings to Foreigners’ Holdings
Featured, Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Non-Reopening CPI Components Continue Higher
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – Leisure & Hospitality Wages Continue Higher
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review – Two-Year Note on Pace for First Yearly TR Loss on Record
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – The Growth of Index Funds
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

TIC Update – Japan’s Record Sales of U.S. Equities in September
Posted By Alex Malitas | Newsclips