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2024

April 10

March Consumer Price Index (PDF)

April 1

Q1 2024 Quarterly Market Review (PDF)

March 29

Market Breadth Improves (PDF)

March 20

Rates Unchanged for Now (PDF)

February 29

CEO Confidence Trending Positive (PDF)

February 13

January Consumer Price Index (PDF)

January 31

No Rate Change, but Fed Sets Tone for Rate Cuts in 2024 (PDF)

January 26

Equities and Elections: What to Expect in 2024 (PDF)

January 3

Q4 2023 Quarterly Market Review (PDF)

2023

December 18

2024 Market & Economic Outlook (PDF)

December 12

November Consumer Price Index (PDF)

November 15

Market Timing, Anyone? (PDF)

November 14

October Consumer Price Index (PDF)

November 1

Federal Reserve Holds Rates Again (PDF)

October 30

Tight Supply Keeps Home Prices Steady (PDF)

October 12

September Consumer Price Index (PDF)

October 3

Q3 Quarterly Market Review (PDF)

October 2

The One-Two Punch with Higher Federal Debt (PDF)

September 20

September FOMC Meeting (PDF)

September 13

August Consumer Price Index (PDF)

August 29

Is Yield-to-Worst a Good Measure of Expected Returns? (PDF)

August 29

Should You Put Cash To Work? (PDF)

August 10

July Consumer Price Index (PDF)

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