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Cohn Is Out Of The Running To Be The Next Fed Chair
The Fed’s Beige Book report was released Wednesday. That’s where the Fed gives its update on how it sees the economy now and where it might be going in the future.
Q3 Earnings Estimates Fall – Debt Ceiling Issue In Focus
The FactSet weekly earnings presentations resumed this week. The finalized metrics from the Q2 earnings season show there was a negative bias to every type of report which meant even firms that beat estimates fell.
Stocks Sell-Off As Irma Looms
The stock market won’t sell-off hard when weak data comes out because investors know it will be temporary.
ISM Manufacturing Report Signals 4.9% GDP Growth
With the big positive revision to Q2 GDP growth taking it up to 3.0% and the slight decline in some Q3 estimates, the odds of an acceleration in growth have diminished.
35% Chance Of A Debt Ceiling Crisis
Goldman Sachs lowered its odds of a government shutdown, caused by the debt ceiling not being raised, from 50% to 35%. These numbers are somewhat arbitrary because there’s no way of knowing the precise odds of a shutdown.
SPY Expected Move Fade Trade
Traders come back from Labor Day weekend hitting the sell button. Let's look at the SPY weekly expected move being hit on the downside on the first trading day of the week.
7 Of The Top 8 Firms Are In Tech
The stock market ended the month of August positive making it the 10th straight month the S&P 500 was up on a total return basis. In the past two days, it seemed like someone wanted the market to be up for the month as it rallied just enough.
Stocks Have A Great Week Despite Subpar Labor Report
The S&P 500 is 0.18% off its all-time high despite the weak labor report. The stock market rallied on this report because it keeps the Goldilocks economy going.
Do Millennials Not Have Jobs?
One of the biggest worries some people for the stock market is that baby boomers retiring will take money out of the stock market causing valuations to fall from their current lofty heights.
Hurricane Harvey To Impact GDP
The economy is in great shape as of August, but we will begin to see the hurricane affecting reports soon. One big issue which I didn’t mention is that there might be a labor shortage in Texas as far as getting enough workers to rebuild the area.
Employers Can’t Find Qualified Workers?
The ultimate question policymakers are trying to answer is when the labor market is going to be overheated. There are some areas in manufacturing where businesses can’t find qualified workers.
Stocks Can’t Be Stopped By Natural Disaster Or Nuclear War Threats
The stock market hasn’t cared about the risk of nuclear war with North Korea or the devastation Texas has incurred from hurricane Harvey. However, if the U.S.’s debt is downgraded, the streak of the market avoiding a 3% correction will be over.
Houston Houses Affected By Harvey Don’t Have Flood Insurance
The economy continues to show solid growth. The "only" things that can stop it and the market are weakness caused by hurricane Harvey and the threat of nuclear war with North Korea.
Global Dovishness Spurs Growth, But Has Consequences
Besides the growth in margins moderating, the buybacks are also declining, hurting earnings per share. This makes sales growth even more important to second half earnings results.
Yellen Talks Tough On Regulations At Her Last Jackson Hole Event
In my last article, I discussed the possibilities of Yellen’s Friday speech. I was accurate in my expectation of what her speech would be on as the main point of her speech was to defend the regulations put in place since the last financial crisis.
Could The Dollar Rise By The End Of The Year?
We don’t know for sure what caused the dollar’s weakness, but one aspect that is probably hurting the dollar is the accelerating growth in China, Japan, and Europe.
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