Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 5.11.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending May 11th, 2018 Positives: 1. March saw 6.55mm job openings, a record number (survey dates back to...
Succinct Summations of Week’s Events for 5.4.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending May 4th, 2018 Positives: 1. Unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in April, its lowest level in 17...
Volatility – Virus, Bubble, Both?
Source: Episode Interesting look showing how various shocks impacted volatility trading over the past 27 or so years....
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 4.27.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending April 27th, 2018 Positives: 1. First quarter GDP rose 2.3%. 2. Durable goods orders rose 2.6%,...
How Stocks Correlate With Higher Interest Rates
Sources: LPL, Bloomberg We have discussed this many times before, but once more: equities tend to move higher with...
Succinct Summations of Week’s Events 4.20.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending April 20th, 2018 Positives: 1. Markets finished in the green for the week, despite a rocky few...
Understanding the Cap Size Premium
For some reason, the small cap premium keeps coming up. It is one of the original Fame-French Factors and continues to persist, even...
Succinct Summations of Week’s Events 4.13.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending April 13th, 2018 Positives: 1. Stocks had their best week in a month, gaining 2% 2. Same store...
Batnick: Gradual Improvements Go Unnoticed
This week, I am in Chicago visiting our new offices here, seeing clients and meeting new people. I will be re-running several of our...