Research & News
Daily Comment (April 6, 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, where little has changed militarily over the last day, but geopolitical and economic pressures on Russia continue to mount. We next review a range of international and U.S. developments with the… Read More »
Daily Comment (April 5, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF We open our Comment today with an update on the Russia-Ukraine war, where the newly discovered atrocities by Russian troops continue to reverberate. Further sanctions against Russia are due to be announced as early as today, while reports say the Czech Republic… Read More »
Daily Comment (April 4, 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, where the big news is the apparent discovery of widespread atrocities carried out by Russian troops in the areas they are currently withdrawing from. We next review a range of international… Read More »
Asset Allocation Bi-Weekly – Latin America’s Day in the Sun (April 4, 2022)
by the Asset Allocation Committee | PDF As we’ve previously described in many of our publications, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has changed the world in profound, long-lasting ways. We have defined how it will further cleave the world’s nations into at least two major geopolitical blocs with limited commercial and financial ties. We have… Read More »
Daily Comment (April 1, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF Good morning! We begin today’s report with a brief update on the Russian invasion. Next, we discuss U.S. economic and policy news, with an emphasis on yesterday’s yield curve inversion. We follow with our international news roundup and COVID-19 coverage. Ukraine and… Read More »
Daily Comment (March 31, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF Good morning! Today, we will begin our report with the latest updates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The focus of the discussion will be on possible miscalculations from both Russia and the West. Next, we will give a brief roundup of the… Read More »
Weekly Energy Update (March 31, 2022)
by Bill O’Grady, Thomas Wash, and Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA | PDF Oil prices remain volatile, moving on news regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. (Source: Barchart.com) Crude oil inventories fell 3.4 mb compared to a 2.2 mb draw forecast. The SPR declined 3.0 mb, meaning the net draw was 6.5 mb. In the details, U.S. crude oil… Read More »
Daily Comment (March 30, 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, where continued fighting suggests the optimism regarding yesterday’s peace talks was probably misplaced. We next review several international and U.S. developments with the potential to affect the financial markets today. We… Read More »