Time for Holiday Cheer And … Year-End Planning
By Mallon FitzPatrick November 8, 2021 – There is little you can do to quash unwanted tax proposals or quell turbulent market events, but you can take steps to ensure your wealth is fortified against these external forces, synched up to major life events, and primed for growth in the new year. It’s time again […]
On Average
November 8, 2021 Good morning, Last week was the 5th straight week of gains for the S&P 500 and it was the 3rd straight week of gains for the big three U.S. equity indexes – the S&P, Nasdaq and Russell 2000. That said, there were two even more notable mentions from last week’s action. While […]
Pass the Sedatives
November 5, 2021 Good morning, Happy Friday and welcome to payrolls day – October payrolls increased by 531k vs 450 expected. With favorable revisions to back months, today’s data could only be interpreted as strong and a comfortable beat. The market focus from taper to rate rise makes the underlying wage data more important than […]
Anticlimactic and the Monthly Note
November 3, 2021 Good morning, It’s Fed Day, <umm> Taper Day is the better moniker, and it’s finally here. There seems to be little doubt in the market that the Fed will announce a monthly taper of $15billion ($10 Treasuries / $5 MBS) beginning mid-month. What is less clear is when the Fed will actually […]