Core PCE

Pick Your Poison

Pick Your Poison

Equity markets surged on Monday only to come under pressure to close the week at a 1.5% loss. Absent a rally greater than 4% on Monday, this will be the first quarter since the summer of 2023 when investors have lost money in domestic stocks.

Fed Pain

Fed Pain

Investors were expecting Wednesday's Federal Reserve announcement of a .75% increase in short-term interest rates. However, they were unprepared for Fed Chairman Powell's hawkish press conference afterward, resulting in a decline in both the stock and bond markets.

0-for-7

0-for-7

While yesterday was Major League Baseball’s Opening Day, this week’s 0-for-7 statistic unceremoniously belongs to the Federal Reserve for failing to achieve its 2 percent inflation target since it was established seven years ago.