A million dollars used to be the ultimate target for retirement portfolios. Retiring as a millionaire brought status and confidence that you could live comfortably during your golden years.
If you retired with $1 million in 1970, you probably wouldn’t have to worry about your nest egg running out, even with a lavish lifestyle.… Read More
The clock is ticking on US debt ceiling negotiations. Treasury Secretary Yellen informed Congress that cash balances are estimated to run out by early June, the so called X-date 1 With the deadline fast approaching, markets are sending signals about investor concerns.… Read More
Following the Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) decision to raise the federal funds rate to a range of 5.00%-5.25%, investorsscoured April’s CPI report and the 1Q Senior Loan Officer Survey in an attempt to get a sense of the Fed’s next steps.
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Last week, the Federal Reserve delivered what many expect to be the last rate hike of this cycle, bringing the federalfunds rate to a range of 5.00-5.25%. With the Fed now potentially on pause, at least for a while, investors are shiftingtheir focus away from the risk of further Fed tightening and towards the risk of recession, as the fallout from theregional banking crisis casts a shadow on the economic outlook.… Read More
At the March meeting, 17 out of 18 FOMC participants believed the federal funds rate needs to be 25bps higher atthe end of 2023 than its current target range of 4.75% to 5.00%. Going into this week’s meeting, the question iswhether enough has changed over the last six weeks to convince a sufficient share of voting members to changetheir mind.… Read More
Last month’s CPI report showed shelter prices growing at the slowest rate since November 2022 at 0.6% m/m.Despite still-elevated y/y growth of 8.2%, this reading was an encouraging sign the CPI measure is finally beginning tofactor in the housing market slowdown that started last year.… Read More
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3 ways you can profit from rising inflation
As the cost of everything from groceries to gas goes up, many Americans are feeling the pressure of rising inflation. But there’s good news. You may be able to profit from rising inflation.… Read More
The 1Q 2023 earnings season is underway, with the large U.S. banks releasing results last Friday. Current analystestimates are tracking operating earnings per share (EPS) of $49.54 ($39.73 ex-financials), representing y/y growth of0.4% and a q/q decline of 1.6%.
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The U.S. economy started 2023 strongly, with many analysts tracking positive real GDP growth for 1Q23. However, as weshow in this week’s chart, since late March, the economic data have disappointed and are pointing toward waningmomentum in the U.S. economy.
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source: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190104-are-you-a-digital-hoarder
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