Research & News
Asset Allocation Weekly (February 19, 2021)
by Asset Allocation Committee | PDF A poor jobs report for January cast doubt about the strength of the recovery. There was only a 49K rise in non-farm payrolls, well below expectations of 105K. Making matters worse, the previous month’s jobs report was revised downward from a loss of 140K to a loss of 225K.… Read More »
Weekly Energy Update (February 19, 2021)
by Bill O’Grady, Thomas Wash, and Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA | PDF This week’s report is being published on Friday as the DOE data was delayed due to the Presidents’ Day holiday. Here is an updated crude oil price chart. Prices continue to rise. Crude oil inventories fell 7.4 mb when a draw of 2.0 mb… Read More »
Daily Comment (February 18, 2021)
by Bill O’Grady, Thomas Wash, and Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA [Posted: 9:30 AM EST] | PDF We have several recent multimedia offerings. First, we have a new chart book recapping the recent changes we made to our Asset Allocation portfolios. As we noted last week, we’ve also posted a new Confluence of Ideas podcast. We also… Read More »
Daily Comment (February 17, 2021)
by Bill O’Grady, Thomas Wash, and Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA [Posted: 9:30 AM EST] | PDF We have several recent multimedia offerings. First, we have a new chart book recapping the recent changes we made to our Asset Allocation portfolios. As we noted last week, we’ve also posted a new Confluence of Ideas podcast. We also… Read More »
Daily Comment (February 16, 2021)
by Bill O’Grady, Thomas Wash, and Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA [Posted: 9:30 AM EST] | PDF We want to point our readers toward our recent multimedia offerings. First, we have a new chart book recapping the recent changes we made to our Asset Allocation portfolios. As we noted last week, we’ve also posted a new Confluence… Read More »
Daily Comment (February 12, 2021)
by Bill O’Grady, Thomas Wash, and Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA [Posted: 9:30 AM EST] | PDF We have a plethora of recent multimedia offerings. First, our new chart book, which recaps the changes we made to our Asset Allocation portfolios, is available. As we noted Wednesday, a new Confluence of Ideas podcast was posted. Being Friday,… Read More »
Asset Allocation Weekly (February 12, 2021)
by Asset Allocation Committee | PDF Jan Tinbergen was a Dutch economist, the first to win the Nobel Prize for economics[1] for his work on applied dynamic models of economic processes. Perhaps his most important contribution to economic policy is the penning of the Tinbergen Rule, which states that policymakers need an equal number of… Read More »
Daily Comment (February 11, 2021)
by Bill O’Grady, Thomas Wash, and Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA [Posted: 9:30 AM EST] | PDF Good morning! Equity futures are higher again this morning. Our coverage begins with policy, where we look at Chair Powell’s comments and the controversy over the size of the stimulus. China news comes next; President Biden and General Secretary Xi… Read More »