September's inflation data came in slightly above expectations. The idea of a 50 basis point cut has quickly been taken off the table by traders.... Read More
Nonfarm payrolls grew by 254k jobs, beating even the highest Wall Street estimates. Previous months' data was revised upwards. The unemployment rate was a rounding error away from being 4.0% despite estimates of 4.2%. Average hourly earnings came in above estimates. One month does not make a trend, but the case for aggressive rate cuts looks much less compelling after today's data.... Read More
Chinese stocks benefit from stimulus, while gold's great year continues.... Read More
August's inflation data came in right at expectations. Diving deeper into the data, year-over-year shelter prices rose for the first time since March 2023. The door has likely closed on traders' hopes of a larger rate cut at next week's FOMC meeting.... Read More
The jobs report missed estimates slightly. Downward revisions to the past couple months were more substantial. However, wage growth ticked higher. Traders did not see the data as bad enough to definitively dictate a 50 basis point rate cut at the September FOMC meeting.... Read More
The yen carry trade was a hugely profitable trade throughout the post-pandemic period. Over the past three months, however, it lost almost 52%.... Read More
Passive ETFs and mutual funds make up over half of all fund assets. Active managers have voiced their concern.... Read More
July's inflation data came in right at expectations. Supercore inflation, a measure closely watched by the Fed, fell for the third month in a row. Nothing from this morning's release did much to change traders' thinking about future Fed cuts, which makes sense considering the BLS will release one more CPI report before the next FOMC meeting.... Read More
The jobs report raises fears of a serious economic slowdown, if not a recession. These fears are overblown. That said, we expect the Fed to respond with rate cuts.... Read More
Small-cap stocks have enjoyed their day in the sun as expectations for a Fed rate-cutting campaign grow.... Read More
Small cap ETFs brought in over $12 billion in July on hopes of imminent rate cuts.... Read More
A look at the size of various markets compared to the U.S. economy... Read More
Headline CPI posted its first deflationary month in four years. Supercore inflation, a measure closely watched by the Fed, fell for the second month in a row. The markets have further cemented their expectation for a September rate cut.... Read More
This morning's payrolls release beat expectations by a slim margin. Traders have not changed their expectations for future rate cuts based on this data.... Read More
Stocks outperformed bonds by a wide margin in the first half of 2024.... Read More
Differentiating 'allocator' ETF flows from 'trader' ETF flows... Read More
Year-over-year inflation came in below expectations in May. Supercore inflation, a measure closely watched by the Fed, fell for the first time in seven months. The markets have now put the September meeting back in play, pricing in almost 70% odds of a cut at that FOMC meeting.... Read More
This morning's payroll number beat estimates of around 185k. This marks 24 of the last 29 months that the initial payroll release has beaten Wall Street estimates.... Read More
U.S. stocks have handily outperformed stocks from the rest of the world since the beginning of 2023, largely on the back of the Magnificent Seven.... Read More
Retail money market funds saw outflows while U.S. citizens paid taxes, but inflows returned in May.... Read More