Favorable monetary policy and improving economic growth have remained steady, but investors appeared to focus on some of the negatives last week. Sentiment seemed to sour due to the rising turmoil in Iraq (and subsequent rise in oil prices), as w...
We continue to expect the Fed to trim QE by $10 billion per month this year and to remain on pace to exit QE by the end of 2014...
The plain and simple truth about the economy and the market is based on obvious facts and less on hope, hype or humor. Even though the economy has not gained much traction four years into its slight recovery mode, the Fed has exerted a...
The latest edition of the Fed’s Beige Book indicates that the negative headwinds that have held the U.S. economy back over the past five years may be declining...
A growing number of mutual funds and ETFs now invest in a basket of securities