Daily Comment
Daily Comment (October 21, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF Good morning! Today’s Comment discusses how Brexit may have paved the way for Liz Truss’s brief stint at Downing Street. Next, we explain how the Fed’s monetary policy has forced central banks to accumulate greenbacks. Lastly, we conclude with an overview of… Read More »
Daily Comment (October 20, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF Good morning! Today’s Comment begins with our explanation as to why unorthodox policies can lead to currency weakness. Next, we discuss how the possibility of a withdrawal of Western support could help end the war in Ukraine. We end the report with… Read More »
Daily Comment (October 19, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF Our Comment today opens with an update on the Russia-Ukraine war, including reports that Iranian military personnel have been deployed to Russian-occupied Crimea to help Russian forces operate their Iranian-supplied drones. We next review a wide range of other international and U.S.… Read More »
Daily Comment (October 18, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF Our Comment today opens with an update on the Russia-Ukraine war, including details on the shooting of newly mobilized troops at a training camp in Russia and signs that Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin may be positioning himself to eventually push President Putin… Read More »
Daily Comment (October 17, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF Our Comment today opens with an update on the Russia-Ukraine war, including news of further progress with Ukraine’s counteroffensive to retake the Russian-held city of Kherson in the country’s south. We next review a wide range of other international and U.S. developments… Read More »
Daily Comment (October 14, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF Good morning. Today’s Comment begins with our thoughts on yesterday’s CPI report. Next, we discuss significant policy shifts in some of the most influential countries. Finally, we discuss how Russia’s nuclear threat has encouraged other countries to become more pugnacious. The Market… Read More »
Daily Comment (October 13, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF Good morning and happy CPI day! U.S. equity futures were moving higher in front of the report, and we will cover the CPI numbers in detail below, but in short, they were bad, leading to a sharp reversal in equity futures. Our… Read More »
Daily Comment (October 12, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF Good morning. Markets are higher this morning, with U.S. equity futures moving higher before the PPI data. The PPI data came in “hotter” than expected, taking equity futures off their earlier highs. The dollar is mixed, with the GBP modestly higher while… Read More »
Daily Comment (October 11, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF In today’s Comment, we begin with economic and finance news as the BOE had to rush support to the Gilt market after rates jumped on fears that the bank would withdraw support from the market. War news comes next, with a look… Read More »