Market Summary

Market Summary           The U.S. The S&P 500’s June rally has extended into July.  Although the U.S. market remains strong, it is also somewhat anxiously focused on the Federal Reserve and on trade developments.  We believe that the fundamental supports of the rally are still firmly in place.  The U.S. Read more…

Market Summary

          The U.S. With a truce in the U.S.-China trade war, the U.S. stock market has risen to new all-time highs.  We’re now on the cusp of earnings season, which will begin in about two weeks.  U.S. and global data such as PMI reports have recently been signaling possible slowdowns in Read more…

Market Summary

Market Summary           The U.S. The U.S. stock market is having a modest pullback after touching old highs.  Given the global backdrop of central banks and indebted governments with no appetite for higher rates or stronger currencies, we believe that stocks will have a long-term upward bias, supported by low Read more…

Market Summary

Market Summary The U.S. economy is much stronger than some of the media’s pessimistic reports.  January was affected by weather and the after-effects of the government shutdown.  Since that time, U.S. economic growth has improved; we remain optimistic that the U.S. economy will grow by at least 2.4% in 2019.  Read more…

Market Summary

Market Summary Bullish news came Wednesday from the Federal Reserve, at which Fed Chair Jerome Powell indicated no further rate increases in 2019, and a single rate increase in 2020.  We noted in last week’s letter that many global central banks are currently supportive of stock markets, and that includes Read more…

Global Market Commentary

Executive Summary 1.  The Trump administration deepens its drive for transparent healthcare pricing.  In February, the Trump administration asked for comments on a proposed rule with potentially vast effects on the entire U.S. healthcare sector.  A rule that came into effect in January already required hospitals to make their list Read more…