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Insights and Observations April 2023 Chartbook: Not Just About Inflation

by Cliff Jarvis | May 8, 2023 | Uncategorized

The dramatic rise in interest rates caused havoc in the financial markets last year as inflation accelerated. Now, with interest rates much higher, everyone is wondering where they go from here. The focus is on inflation, but there is another driver keeping interest...

Insights and Observations March 2023 Chartbook: It Is Always Something

by Cliff Jarvis | Apr 24, 2023 | Uncategorized

In response to the Financial Crisis in 2008, our Federal Reserve lowered their short-term target interest rate to near zero. They also began a program labeled Quantitative Easing (QE). QE means that the Fed started buying Treasury Bonds and Mortgage Securities in...

Insights and Observations February 2023 Chartbook: So Far This Year

by Cliff Jarvis | Apr 24, 2023 | Uncategorized

2022 was a difficult year for both the stock market and the bond market. Fortunately, January started this year off on a positive note only to give back some of the gains in February. So here is where we are now (2/28/2023). *The S&P 500 is up 3.7%. * Our Federal...

Insights and Observations January 2023 Chartbook: A Case for Value Stocks

by Cliff Jarvis | Apr 24, 2023 | Uncategorized

January was a surprising month. After a troubling 2022, the markets began this year with a jump. The S&P 500 was up 6.2%, and the NASDAQ up was up 10.7%. This was not something that was widely expected. Our modern economy is now constantly buffeted by fiscal,...

Insights and Observations December 2022 Chartbook: 2023, Back to Normal

by Cliff Jarvis | Jan 25, 2023 | Uncategorized

2022 was not a good year for the markets. After years of inaction the Federal Reserve decided to normalize their short-term interest rate target, raising it from near 0% to over 4% in just one year. The Federal Reserve’s dramatic action, after years of inaction, hit...
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