Research & News
Daily Comment (April 11, 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 both sides are preparing for a new phase in which Russia will focus on seizing only eastern and southern Ukraine. We next review a range of international and U.S. developments… Read More »
Daily Comment (April 8, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF Good morning! Today’s report opens with the economic fallout from the Russian invasion. We then cover a few central bank updates. Economic and policy news follows, and we close with our COVID-19 coverage. Less than two months into its invasion of Ukraine,… Read More »
Daily Comment (April 7, 2022)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA, and Thomas Wash [Posted: 9:30 AM EDT] | PDF Good morning! Today’s report begins with the latest developments from the Russian invasion. We then discuss central bank news with a focus on the Fed meeting minutes. Next, we review economic and policy news, followed by a brief roundup of international news.… Read More »
Weekly Energy Update (April 7, 2022)
by Bill O’Grady, Thomas Wash, and Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA | PDF Oil prices remain volatile, moving on war news. The SPR release will likely be bearish for prices. Technically, the oil chart appears to have a descending triangle, which is often a bearish pattern. (Source: Barchart.com) Crude oil inventories rose 2.4 mb compared to a… Read More »
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 »