What was once (rather recently) deemed as “off the table” for the Fed this month, the FOMC today took aggressive action, announcing the largest interest rate hike since 1994 (75 bps) as they seek to combat runaway inflation. See below for insights and initial reactions from the investment management teams across the Catalyst and Rational Funds networks:
What was once (rather recently) deemed as “off the table” for the Fed this month, the FOMC today took aggressive action, announcing the largest interest rate hike since 1994 (75 bps) as they seek to combat runaway inflation. See below for insights and initial reactions from the investment management teams across the Catalyst and Rational Funds networks:
Joe Tigay of Equity Armor Investments provides a broad market overview on inflation, the job market, and more in this extended edition of The Lookout. Simon Lack and his team at SL Advisors outlines their perspective on the transition to a green economy.
This week, Simon Lack of SL Advisors provides his insights into the Fed’s challenging path forward, and Dan Rudnitsky of SMH Advisors shares what he’s watching. Read more below.
This week, Simon Lack of SL Advisors provides his insights into the Fed’s challenging path forward, and Dan Rudnitsky of SMH Advisors shares what he’s watching. Read more below.
Following another rollercoaster week that ended with the S&P dropping to its lowest level in over a year, we’re looking ahead to what markets have in store for investors this week, including a closely followed CPI data release. We’re featuring insights from Hunter Frey of Catalyst, Rational, and Strategy Shares, Simon Lack of S&L Advisors, and Dan Rudnitsky of SMH Advisors. Read more below
Following another rollercoaster week that ended with the S&P dropping to its lowest level in over a year, we’re looking ahead to what markets have in store for investors this week, including a closely followed CPI data release. We’re featuring insights from Hunter Frey of Catalyst, Rational, and Strategy Shares, Simon Lack of S&L Advisors, and Dan Rudnitsky of SMH Advisors. Read more below
In my opinion, true active strategies have a very important role in portfolios as complements to passive, cheap beta. Advisors need to understand what they own.
October was marked by continued volatility across fixed income and equity markets as investors faced various challenges, including persistent inflation concerns, rising yields, tightening monetary policy, and the backdrop of a U.S. Presidential election.
As an investor, it’s nice to know what we should expect from President Trump, because we have seen the movie before in 2017 – 2021. Apart from the early part of the Pandemic period, the economy and stock markets generally performed well.
Remember, our investment in stocks is a De facto vote of confidence on the economies in which we invest. Earnings, revenue, margins, free cash flow, and the growth of these important metrics is what drives stocks up or down over time.
The discretionary sector struggled as did all growth and quality-oriented areas of the market in 2022. That was a classic re-set and a raging opportunity to add exposure.
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