Fed Ambiguity Bullish?
Fed presidents signal time to end Tapering, but Powell leaves room for flexibility Economic data mixed last week, but consumers acting...
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Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Aug 27, 2021
- 3 min
Fed Bond Purchases Ineffective?
Fed hints bond tapering to begin soon at Jackson Hole Economic Symposium Economic data mixed this week as Supreme Court nixes Eviction...
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- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
Fed Ready To Shift?
The Fed minutes released last week from July's meeting point to a majority of Fed governors that believe it's near time to begin tapering...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Aug 20, 2021
- 4 min
Back to Push and Pull
Back in March, I wrote about how the market was acting a bit schizophrenic. Five months later, we're back to a similar situation in...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
Higher Inflation, Sooner Fed Action?
Both Consumer Prices and Producer Prices rose last week as there is no clear trend that inflation is "transitory." In fact, futures...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Aug 13, 2021
- 5 min
Carpe Inflation
In the classic film "Dead Poets Society," new professor and returning alumnus John Keating urges his students to mind the Latin words...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Aug 9, 2021
- 2 min
All Good Things Must Come To An End
The title of this week's Market Recap is a quote attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer, the 14th Century English poet and author. The "good"...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Aug 6, 2021
- 5 min
It's Like Groundhog Day, Except We're In August
I feel like Bill Murray in the movie "Groundhog Day" as we sit here a year and a half removed from the start of the pandemic and we don't...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
Jobs and COVID
Investors who fear that the Fed will start tapering bond purchases sooner than expected has those fears eased last week with the Fed's...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jul 30, 2021
- 6 min
Help, I'm Stepping Into the Twilight Zone
I doubt either Rod Sterling or Gene Roddenberry had 2021 in mind when they envisioned their respective hits - "The Twilight Zone" and...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jul 27, 2021
- 8 min
What's Up With Inflation?
Introduction Perhaps one of the most memorable periods of higher inflation are the years between 1975 and 1980, when the Consumer Price...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jul 26, 2021
- 3 min
All Eyes on the Fed This Week
The Fed will meet at its normally-scheduled Open Market Committee meeting Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Chairman Powell's press...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
Return to the COVID Economy? No, Just Kidding
Markets sold off last Friday and continued the trend on Monday of this week as fears arose over a decline in global growth due to...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
Recovery Still On Track
Despite the latest increase in COVID cases and the constant touting of said increase by the media, the economic recovery is still on...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jul 16, 2021
- 3 min
Central Bank Woes
After flooding the market with liquidity on top of massive stimulus spending by governments around the world, Central Banks find...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min
Positive 2nd Half Expectations
In honor of Summer and relaxation, we need to celebrate the good things in life. If you pick up a newspaper or watch the news, life as...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
Worries over Fed and COVID
After the minutes from last month's Fed meeting were released on Wednesday, the markets pulled back on the possibility of Tapering bond...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
Second Half of 2021
Many of the market themes that we formulated at the beginning of the year have played out close to what we expected. As a brief recap,...
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jul 2, 2021
- 3 min
God Bless the U.S.A.
If you're an American, then Lee Greenwood's hit song probably stirs some strong emotions when you hear it - especially this time of year....
Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
The Birth of An Extraordinary Nation
As we head into the July 4th holiday, we are reminded of how exceptional this nation is in the world. After dealing with a global...
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