Investment Strategy

MARKETS AND INVESTING October 04, 2021   Doug Drabik discusses fixed income market conditions and offers insight for bond investors. I decided to create my own acronym, MEMS. Why not? This melodrama, embellishment, madness and sensationalism of reporting economic news and market forecasting invents my “MEMS” acronym. Of course, this is pure ridiculousness but humor […]

MARKETS AND INVESTING October 01, 2021   Review the latest portfolio strategy commentary from Mike Gibbs, managing director of Equity Portfolio & Technical Strategy. Short-Term Summary: The legislative agenda is heating up with government funding expiring at midnight Thursday in order to avoid a “government shutdown.” US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also estimates that the […]

MARKETS AND INVESTING October 01, 2021   Review the latest Weekly Headings by CIO Larry Adam. Key Takeaways Matter of when not if supply chain constraints resolve Ratio of deficit funding could be an upside catalyst Concerns about fuel inflation heading into coldest months A clean slate for the start of a new month? The […]

MARKETS AND INVESTING September 30, 2021   Complexities with China, Congress, commodities and COVID-19 brought an end to the index’s stretch of monthly gains. Markets prefer clarity – or at least as close a facsimile as they can get. Since the start of the pandemic, we’ve seen how markets can push through uncertainty, up to a […]