Has The Market Stopped Listening To The Fed?
Trading on Wednesday and Thursday stumped some market prognosticators as it seemed to be counter to what the Fed attempted to convey...
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Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Equities Blissful In Absence of Fed
Equities rallied last week in the absence of Fed speakers, while Fixed Income was mixed. So far, 29% of S&P 500 companies have reported...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jan 27
- 4 min
How Sweet It Is...Not To Hear From The Fed
The week has been a welcome break from the Fed, as the central bank went into their "blackout" period before next week's much-anticipated...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Fundamentals May Rule While Fed Speakers Go Away
Equities were mixed last week as Friday’s trading nearly salvaged a down week. So far, 11% of S&P 500 companies have reported earnings...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Inflation And The Fed At Odds
Both Equities and Fixed Income have started off the year with a bang. Equities were higher last week and the economic data showed...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jan 13
- 6 min
Might As Well Face It...We're Addicted To The Fed
The Fed has the ability to move the markets these days with a sneeze or a cough from the mouth of Chairman Powell. Does the Fed really...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Happy New Year, Or Will It Be?
Equities were mixed last week, but sectors that under-performed were down only marginally. Equities and fixed income finished the year...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
Markets React To Hawkish Fed
The Fed doused any hopes of a Santa Rally last week with hawkish language following their last meeting of 2022. Despite the fact that the...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Dec 16, 2022
- 5 min
How Jerome Stole Christmas
The Fed decided to dash the hopes of equity bulls this week as it announced a highly expected 50 basis point rate hike, but also signaled...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
Rate Hikes And Recession Fears Drag On Markets
Despite the lack of Fed speakers, markets pulled back on rate hike and recession fears. This week, Inflation and the Fed’s Interest Rate...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Dec 9, 2022
- 4 min
Deck The Halls With Fed Fears
Markets have turned back to the "good news is bad news" framework this week, despite no Fed speakers and nothing to contradict Fed...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
Markets Moving On Each Whisper From Fed
Markets waivered during the week, but ended positive on Powell’s dovish comments. There were a lot of economic updates to digest last...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Dec 2, 2022
- 5 min
Markets Got Run Over By The Fed
For the few weeks, you could have thrown out the fundamentals and just paid attention to what any particular Fed member was saying in any...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
Dovish Minutes Push Markets Higher During Thanksgiving Week
Every equity sector was higher last week as the market responded to dovish comments in the November FOMC minutes. There are seven...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Nov 25, 2022
- 5 min
Blind Sided By The Consumer
There aren't many Thanksgiving movies or songs that I could reference for this week's musing, so I picked a movie that has the...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Nov 18, 2022
- 5 min
Hawks Die Hard Despite Lower Inflation
It has become apparent that last week's CPI surprise and this week's PPI surprise had many market actors unprepared. The Fed has access...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
Lower Inflation Fuels Fed Pause Hopes
Markets struggled through Wednesday until Thursday’s CPI report surprised nearly everyone. Thursday’s release of October CPI (inflation)...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Nov 11, 2022
- 6 min
All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away
Things often seem better at the time than they do in the rearview mirror. I'll bet Fed Chairman Powell is thinking that right about now....
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
Fed Pours Cold Water On Equity Rally
The markets got a bit of a shock last week as Fed Chairman Powell doused market hopes for a rate slowdown. The big news last week was...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Nov 4, 2022
- 6 min
Don't You Forget About Me
Fed Chairman Powell wanted to make sure markets didn't forget him this week as he seemingly pulled the rug out from investor's hopes of a...
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