Despite continued geopolitical tensions regarding the Syrian conflict, global markets advanced last week and are showing signs of optimism today given positive corporate news and tepid signs of continued economic recovery. Friday’s lackluster employment report, with unemployment dropping a tick to 7.3%, caused concern due to the fact that many Americans have stopped looking for… Continue reading The Stock Market Hates Uncertainty- What is Next?
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Market Perspective Report
Fed tapering remains the big topic and our consensus is that some tapering is already built into both the equity and fixed income markets at this point. We expect the amount of tapering will be greatly impacted by this Fridays job number. A light number in the 125,000 range, may translate to a slower tapering… Continue reading Market Perspective Report
Market Re-Cap for August 26-30th, 2013
Stocks came under solid pressure this past week to close out a negative August across equities. Sentiment was exacerbated by concerns about a potential US-led military response on Syria for President Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons on the Syrian people and crude oil and gold prices continuing to rise. In the near term, we… Continue reading Market Re-Cap for August 26-30th, 2013