by Ross Bowler | Jul 20, 2022 | Market Commentary
Market Commentary | July 20, 2022 Rotation I have often thought that markets function under similar operating principles to those of a Galileo thermometer. Individual floats (stocks) rise or fall relative to their specific density and the density of the surrounding...
by Ross Bowler | Jun 17, 2022 | Market Commentary
Market Commentary | June 17, 2022 Independent of the Market In the days leading up to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ June 10th release of the May 2022 Consumer Price Index (CPI), investors crossed their fingers in hope that inflation had peaked and was beginning a...
by Ross Bowler | May 18, 2022 | Market Commentary
Switching to Offense In our last communication, I profiled a couple of triple net lease REITs, suggesting they would be good defense in an inflationary economy. On May 4th the Fed raised rates by 50 basis points and effectively promised they would make similar moves...
by Ross Bowler | Apr 11, 2022 | Market Commentary
Market Commentary | April 11, 2022 Interest Rates on the Ascent This past week’s release of the minutes from the Fed’s March 15-16 meeting confirmed that inflation is no longer perceived as transitory and efforts to bring inflation down quickly have moved to front and...
by Ross Bowler | Mar 11, 2022 | Market Commentary
Market Commentary | March 11, 2022 United States Inflation Rate Bureau of Labor Statistics data released this morning showed that the annual inflation rate in the US accelerated to 7.9%, the highest rate in more than 40 years. This follows Federal Reserve Chairman...
by Ross Bowler | Jan 18, 2022 | Market Commentary
Market Commentary | January 18, 2022 Inflation is here. Rate hikes are coming. Markets are anxious. On 1/12/2022 the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in December the Consumer Price Index rose 7.0% Y-O-Y. This follows a November report of +6.8%. On 1/13 the...
