by Daniel Mannix, CFA® | Mar 9, 2023 | Economy, Video
Economists have spent a lot of time lately debating whether the US economy will experience a hard or soft landing. And more recently some have even talked about no landing at all. But let’s see what the hard data is telling us. The National Bureau of Economic...
by Daniel Mannix, CFA® | Jan 20, 2023 | Economy
A recession refers to a widespread drop in spending. It can last months or even years. One way of detecting a recession is if the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) has been negative for at least two consecutive quarters. A recession can be triggered by many...
by Daniel Mannix, CFA® | Dec 16, 2022 | Bi-monthly financial updates
INFLATION IS BETTER THAN EXPECTED BUT STILL HIGH – FED REACTS While it was coincidental that the November inflation numbers came out on the same day that the Federal Reserve started its meeting, maybe the better-than-expected inflation numbers might influence the...
by Daniel Mannix, CFA® | Dec 9, 2022 | Economy
As this year draws to an end, let’s look back at what actually happened and whether or not we can expect it to happen again. 2022 has been a really bad year for bonds with the Bloomberg US aggregate bond index down 13% at the end of November. Now to put that in...
by Daniel Mannix, CFA® | Dec 2, 2022 | Bi-monthly financial updates
WHAT NEXT FROM THE FED? In less than two weeks, the Federal Reserve will meet for the last time in 2022. The first meeting next year isn’t until the end of January. Various members of the Fed have made speeches that Public Enemy Number One is “INFLATION”! Although...
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