Fed Minutes and Chair Testimony Point to Lower Rates… Fed Chair Jerome Powell testified at the House Banking Committee and the Fed released the minutes of its latest meeting. Both emphasized greater ...
Teeter Totter Market
At the End of Q2 2019 – May was another month of dashed hopes as stocks flirted with prior highs but, exhausted, declined all month. June rallied on the hope that the Federal Reserve would provide the ...
Week In Review – June 24 2019
Federal Reserve Holds Rates Steady, Indicates Rate Cut This Year… The Federal Reserve changed its description of the U.S. economy and gave an updated estimate of rates, implying two rate cuts by next ...
Week In Review – June 3 2019
President Trump Announces Tariffs on Mexican Imports… In an effort to prod the Mexican government to stem the flow of Central American immigrants crossing the nation to apply for asylum in the U.S., ...
Time to Review Risk
Many analysts expected a quicker resolution of the China tariff trade talks. The last Chinese negotiators to arrive in Washington, D.C. had stricken 150 of the previously agreed provisions. All the ...