Economic Insights

A Historic Amount of Tax Loss Selling Today Leads to Great Buying Opportunities for Tomorrow

If you are an investor or a manager of other people's investments, 2022 has been a particularly difficult year. Generally, fixed income assets act as a safe haven when stocks are under siege. But when inflation and rates are rising, very few assets get spared.

Hard Landing Coming? Investors Don’t Think So.

Is a “hard landing” coming, economically speaking, as the Fed continues its most aggressive rate hike campaign in 40 years? Investors don’t seem to think so as investors continue to chase economically sensitive stocks despite the underlying economic deterioration.

Hard Landing Coming? Investors Don’t Think So.

Is a “hard landing” coming, economically speaking, as the Fed continues its most aggressive rate hike campaign in 40 years? Investors don’t seem to think so as investors continue to chase economically sensitive stocks despite the underlying economic deterioration.

Crypto Currencies & Exchanges Versus Real Brands

By now, you have likely seen and heard the news about FTX’s epic collapse & bankruptcy filing last week. Over the last year, lots of smaller cryptocurrency platforms have gone under and the hacking of customer digital wallets has been rampant.

Crypto Currencies & Exchanges Versus Real Brands

By now, you have likely seen and heard the news about FTX’s epic collapse & bankruptcy filing last week. Over the last year, lots of smaller cryptocurrency platforms have gone under and the hacking of customer digital wallets has been rampant.

The Period Before Stagflation: Financial Repression

Even as Election Day has come and gone, the outcome remains uncertain with a Georgia runoff scheduled for December that may determine control of the Senate and multiple states still counting votes days after November 8 to decide control of the House. This partisan uncertainty, unfortunately, aligns with the macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty that has persisted throughout 2022.

The Period Before Stagflation: Financial Repression

Even as Election Day has come and gone, the outcome remains uncertain with a Georgia runoff scheduled for December that may determine control of the Senate and multiple states still counting votes days after November 8 to decide control of the House. This partisan uncertainty, unfortunately, aligns with the macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty that has persisted throughout 2022.

Volatility 411 – Market Movers

With the final U.S. election results still being determined and plenty more to come this week, Joe Tigay of Equity Armor Investments provides a brief update on the developments in the S&P500, the VIX, and more in this video on Catalyst Insights.

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