Earnings Impress On January 13th, the Wall Street Journal published an article entitled “Investors Hope Earnings Season Can Revive Faltering Stock Rally—With the Fed unlikely to cut interest rates as quickly as hoped, corporate earnings growth becomes even more critical.”…
Explaining Away a Hot Inflation Report The Consumer Prices Index, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), rose 0.5% in January; the annual rate is up 3.0% versus 2.9% in December. The closely followed core CPI, which…
Tariff Threat in Play Our weekly Insights offers updates on pertinent financial and economic topics that educate and inform. They focus on what is important to investors. These may include inflation, the economy, interest rates, the Federal Reserve, and corporate…
The Consumer Bolsters GDP The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported last week that Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the largest measure of goods and services for the economy, expanded at a 2.3% annualized pace in the fourth quarter.…
