Tag Archives: Monthly Reports

March 12, 2024

Inflation Watch – Is Time Running Out for Rate Cuts This Year?
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

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

March 8, 2024

Monthly Reports

Employment in Pictures – Something for Both Doves & Hawks
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

This morning's payrolls report was a bit of a mixed bag, offering something for both the doves and the hawks.... Read More

March 1, 2024

Monthly Reports

Total Return Review – U.S. Stocks Ride Tech Higher
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

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

February 29, 2024

Monthly Reports

Monthly Fund Flows – Retail Crowd Reaching for Yield in Money Markets
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

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

February 13, 2024

Monthly Reports

Inflation Watch – Supercore on the Rise Again
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

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

February 2, 2024

Monthly Reports

Employment in Pictures – Big Beat Hurts Case for March Rate Cut
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

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

February 1, 2024

Monthly Reports

Monthly Fund Flows – Cash Continues Piling Into Money Market Funds
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

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

Monthly Reports

Total Return Review – Mag7 Outperformance Has Driven US Equity Returns
Newsclips

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

January 25, 2024

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 11, 2024

Monthly Reports

Inflation Watch – Still All About Housing
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Inflation came in slightly above expectations in December. With the easy part of the fight against inflation now over, shelter prices will have to continue lower if the Fed hopes to hit its 2% target.... Read More

January 5, 2024

Monthly Reports

Employment in Pictures – Labor Market Still Not Showing Signs of Slowdown
Posted By Alex Malitas | Featured, Newsclips

This morning's payroll number was above expectations. Wall Street expected 175k jobs to be added in December, with the actual release coming in at 216k. ... Read More

January 2, 2024

Monthly Reports

Total Return Review: A Look Back at 2023
Posted By Alex Malitas | Newsclips

As the Federal Reserve's pivot on rates becomes the base case for 2024, bonds began to rally, posting the largest 2-month gain since October 1982.... Read More

December 29, 2023

Monthly Reports

Monthly Fund Flows – Global Bonds Rally Yet See Outflows
Posted By Alex Malitas | Featured, Newsclips

While global bond markets have seen a monstrous rally over the past two months, combined net flows indicate one of the first monthly bond outflows since January of 2022. ... Read More

December 12, 2023

Monthly Reports

Inflation Watch – Shelter Costs to Decide Inflation’s Fate
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Inflation came in right at expectations in November. With the easy part of the fight against inflation now over, shelter prices will have to continue lower if the Fed hopes to hit its 2% target.... Read More

December 8, 2023

Monthly Reports

Employment in Pictures – An Eye on Wage Growth
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

November's jobs data came in mostly as expected. The monthly wage growth figure rose by 0.4%, which the Fed is undoubtedly monitoring.... Read More

December 1, 2023

Monthly Reports

Total Return Review – Bonds’ Best Month in Decades
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

The bond market had one of its best months on record in November.... Read More

November 30, 2023

Monthly Reports

Monthly Fund Flows – Money Markets Assets vs. Bank Deposits
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Some view the massive influx of cash into money market funds as dry powder waiting to be deployed in the stock market. It is worth noting the outflows from bank deposit accounts have outpaced money market inflows since the Fed started hiking in March 2022.... Read More

November 14, 2023

Monthly Reports

Inflation Watch – Goodbye Rate Hikes?
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Inflation came in slightly lower than expected in October. In order for the year-over-year decline to continue, month-over-month CPI growth will have to average less than 0.15% the next couple months.... Read More

November 3, 2023

Monthly Reports

Employment in Pictures – A Small Miss Due to Striking Autoworkers
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

This morning's payrolls release missed estimates slightly, largely due to striking autoworkers.... Read More

November 1, 2023

Monthly Reports

Total Return Review – Bonds’ Encore Performance in 2023
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Rather than reverting to the mean as many expected, bond returns are in the midst of an encore performance of last year's terrible returns.... Read More

Inflation Watch – Is Time Running Out for Rate Cuts This Year? Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – Something for Both Doves & Hawks Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review – U.S. Stocks Ride Tech Higher Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – Retail Crowd Reaching for Yield in Money Markets Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Supercore on the Rise Again Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – Big Beat Hurts Case for March Rate Cut Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – Cash Continues Piling Into Money Market Funds Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review – Mag7 Outperformance Has Driven US Equity Returns Newsclips

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

Inflation Watch – Still All About Housing Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – Labor Market Still Not Showing Signs of Slowdown Posted By Alex Malitas | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review: A Look Back at 2023 Posted By Alex Malitas | Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – Global Bonds Rally Yet See Outflows Posted By Alex Malitas | Featured, Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Shelter Costs to Decide Inflation’s Fate Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – An Eye on Wage Growth Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review – Bonds’ Best Month in Decades Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – Money Markets Assets vs. Bank Deposits Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Goodbye Rate Hikes? Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – A Small Miss Due to Striking Autoworkers Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review – Bonds’ Encore Performance in 2023 Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Is Time Running Out for Rate Cuts This Year?
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – Something for Both Doves & Hawks
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review – U.S. Stocks Ride Tech Higher
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – Retail Crowd Reaching for Yield in Money Markets
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Supercore on the Rise Again
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – Big Beat Hurts Case for March Rate Cut
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – Cash Continues Piling Into Money Market Funds
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review – Mag7 Outperformance Has Driven US Equity Returns
Newsclips

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

Inflation Watch – Still All About Housing
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – Labor Market Still Not Showing Signs of Slowdown
Posted By Alex Malitas | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review: A Look Back at 2023
Posted By Alex Malitas | Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – Global Bonds Rally Yet See Outflows
Posted By Alex Malitas | Featured, Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Shelter Costs to Decide Inflation’s Fate
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – An Eye on Wage Growth
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review – Bonds’ Best Month in Decades
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Monthly Fund Flows – Money Markets Assets vs. Bank Deposits
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips

Inflation Watch – Goodbye Rate Hikes?
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Employment in Pictures – A Small Miss Due to Striking Autoworkers
Posted By Greg Blaha | Featured, Newsclips

Total Return Review – Bonds’ Encore Performance in 2023
Posted By Greg Blaha | Newsclips