by Ross Bowler | Feb 22, 2023 | Market Commentary
Before we started our seemingly endless commentary on runaway inflation we talked a lot about our search for growth. We wanted to find growth within the pandemic.
by Ross Bowler | Jan 13, 2023 | Market Commentary
Market Commentary | January 12, 2023 The World Repriced Investors have removed their rose-colored glasses and now perceive the world through a glass, darkly. The overarching optimism that opened 2022 is all but gone. In 2022, the S&P 500 delivered a negative 18.1%...
by Ross Bowler | Dec 15, 2022 | Market Commentary
Market Commentary | December 13, 2022 Is inflation dead? This morning the Labor Department reported November’s month-over-month core inflation of just 0.1%, far below the forecast rate of 0.4% and, annualized, below the Fed’s 2.0% target rate. The Fed is expected to...
by Ross Bowler | Nov 17, 2022 | Market Commentary
Market Commentary | November 16, 2022 Positioning for a return to normal Last Thursday, October’s CPI stormed in at 7.7% which would normally be cause for panic, but because the figure was lower than September’s, stocks soared and interest rates fell. On Tuesday...
by Ross Bowler | Oct 24, 2022 | Market Commentary
Sometimes, when the world seems to have stopped making sense, it helps to get anecdotal.
by Ross Bowler | Sep 19, 2022 | Market Commentary
It seems that in each and every one of the last five months, I’ve performed the same mantra. High inflation. Rising interest rates. Markets sell off.
We are here in September and I’m repeating myself. 8.1% YOY inflation. Interest rates are soaring. The stock and bond markets deflate.