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
Year-over-year inflation came in right at expectations in April. Supercore inflation, a measure closely watched by the Fed, rose for a sixth straight month. The data is unlikely to move the needle much one way or another in the Fed's mind, so any Fedspeak will likely kick the can down the road until the next CPI release.... Read More
Payrolls missed estimates for the first time since October 2023. Fed funds traders are now pricing in two rate cuts by year-end.... Read More
Cocoa prices saw some of their wildest swings on record, only to finish the month almost unchanged. Bonds' slide in April have them once again tracking some of their worst YTD total returns on record.... Read More
A look at the size of various markets compared to the U.S. economy... Read More
Year-over-year inflation came in slightly above expectations again in March. Supercore inflation, a measure closely watched by the Fed, rose for a fifth straight month. Time is slowly running out for data that supports a Fed rate cut this year. Traders now put the odds of a June or July cut at less than 50%.... Read More
Over 300k jobs were added in March, beating even the most optimistic economist's estimate. The odds of a rate cut at the June FOMC meeting are now a coin toss.... 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
Money continues to flow into retail money market funds. Banks are left with the option of raising deposit rates, which squeezes margins, or watching customers walk out the door.... Read More
Year-over-year inflation came in slightly above expectations in February. Supercore inflation, a measure closely watched by the Fed, rose for a fourth straight month. Time is slowly running out for data that supports a Fed rate cut this year, but fed funds traders continue to price in a June or July cut.... Read More
This morning's payrolls report was a bit of a mixed bag, offering something for both the doves and the hawks.... 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
While the majority of money market fund assets remain in government funds, the retail crowd has started reaching for yield once again in prime funds.... Read More
Inflation came in slightly above expectations in January. Supercore inflation, a measure closely watched by the Fed, rose for a third straight month. A May rate cut is now in doubt.... Read More
Payrolls beat even the highest estimate in Bloomberg's survey of economists. Revisions to past months were also the highest in a couple years. As a result, traders now see a March rate cut as unlikely.... Read More
Money continues to flow into money market funds. Banks are left with the option of raising deposit rates, which squeezes margins, or watching customers walk out the door.... Read More
The outperformance of tech stocks, specifically the Magnificent 7 stocks, in 2023 created a wide dispersion in the composition of the equity market rally.... Read More
A look at the size of various markets compared to the U.S. economy... Read More