Cornerstone Financial Advisory

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

FOMC Says Inflation Is Still Too High Presented by Cornerstone Financial Advisory, LLC Concerns over a firmer monetary policy were heightened by fresh economic data, touching off a climb in bond yields and a slide in stock prices last week. However, members diverged on the economy, with some members finding the risk of recession elevated.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Stocks Rally To Record Highs Stocks traded in a fairly tight range for the first half of the short week, yawning at the lack of economic data while awaiting earnings results from one key company that creates chips that power the artificial intelligence operations of many firms. 3,4 This Week: Key Economic Data Monday: New Home Sales.

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Carson Wealth

JULY 27, 2022

It all added up to the third most volatile market in 25 years. And while the economy isn’t going to just turn on a dime and recover overnight, there is hope for a better second half of the year. Valuations Could Move to a More Normal Range . Virus variants: Will virus mutations undo the economic recovery? High inflation.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 4, 2023

People often talk about "the economy" as a single entity whose parts move in unison, with a small number of key indicators (such as GDP, the unemployment rate, and inflation) moving reliably in relation to each other. manufacturing sector, by the measures of employment and service prices, has been in a recession for nearly 12 months.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Weekly Market Insights: Bond Yields Rise; Government Shutdown Looms Presented by Cornerstone Financial Advisory, LLC Rising bond yields and government shutdown fears left stocks in mostly negative territory for the week. But the rally faded as traders fixated on a potential government shutdown. Thursday: Jobless Claims.

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Discipline Funds

MARCH 7, 2023

1 It’s interesting in the context of economic growth as we tend to think of economic growth across “cycles” or repeating ups and downs. But one of the great lessons I’ve learned over the course of my career studying financial markets and economics is that these things almost always take longer than we expect.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

MARCH 4, 2024

1 Economic news also helped boost markets. Consumers Remain Upbeat With all the excitement over AI, it’s easy to overlook some key economic indicators that also speak to the underlying strength of the economy—specifically, consumer data. 3,4 This Week: Key Economic Data Monday: Motor Vehicle Sales.

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Truemind Capital

JANUARY 16, 2024

Contrary to the expectation of an economic slowdown in 2023, the year turned out to be full of surprises, mostly positive ones. Global growth exceeded projections, primarily propelled by the resilient performance of the US economy. The debt yields have declined across the yield curve maturities in the developed economies.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

MARCH 11, 2024

The economy added 275,000 jobs in February—exceeding the 198,000 expected—but wage growth slowed, and jobless claims edged up. Some investors saw that as a negative, while others viewed it as a “Goldilocks” moment—an economy that’s not too hot or cold. 6,7 This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: Consumer Price Index.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

APRIL 29, 2024

The rally came to pass despite fresh data showing a slowing economy and increasing inflationary pressures. 4 On Thursday, markets slipped on two fresh pieces of economic data: a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) slowdown and higher consumer prices. Inflation Corporate earnings and economic reports battled it out last week.

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David Nelson

JULY 31, 2023

Bloomberg Data This time it wasn’t comments from a rogue Fed official or even a hot economic release that ended the party. The Bank of Japan loosened its policy of managing the yield of ten-year Japanese government bonds. It’s time for government to do theirs. No, this time the trigger was pulled half a world away.

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Investing Caffeine

APRIL 1, 2022

The hangover from COVID has created significant supply chain disruptions and widespread economic shortages. Source: Trading Economics. The rising Baker Hughes drilling rig count below reflects the miracle of supply-demand economics operating in full force. Source: Trading Economics. over the next couple of years.

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Investing Caffeine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Commentators continue to shout the doom-and-gloom forecasts of a hard landing recession, but after an economic hurricane in 2022 there are some signs the financial clouds have begun to lift this year. Investors Waiting for Another Flood While the calls for a hard economic landing remain, healthy GDP growth ( +2.9% last year to 3.5%

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Trade Brains

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The model is adopted by the government to invite private infrastructure developers to construct roads & highways. Under this model, the government bears a part of the construction costs and the remaining is undertaken by the developer. In the Union Budget for FY25, the Government allocated Rs. 1509 Cr, Rs. 1585 Cr, and Rs.

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Investing Caffeine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

And these economically-slowing measures, coupled with the Fed’s $95 billion in quantitative tightening policies (QT), will according to the Fed Chairman, “bring some pain to households and businesses. Source: Trading Economics. The unemployment rate registered in at a near a generational-low of 3.5% Source: Yardeni.com.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2022

Undaunted by another Fed rate hike and news of a contracting economy, the stock market rallied last week on better-than-expected corporate earnings. Powell indicated that it might become appropriate to slow the pace of future hikes, and he didn’t believe the economy had entered into recession. Economy Contracts . Factory Orders.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Yields rose after traders speculated that strong economic data might persuade the Fed to raise rates. Economic Strength, Housing Weakness The economy continued to evidence surprising strength according to data released last week. 6,7 This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). Jobless Claims.

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David Nelson

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Bloomberg Data 10-year rates broke to a new cyclical high forcing investors back to the fundamental reality that the first input of most valuation models is the risk-free rate. Throw in a government shutdown likely at the end of this month, we were lucky the S&P 500 was only down just shy of 3%. We still have a divided government.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Weekly Market Insights: September Stocks Open In Positive Territory Presented by Cornerstone Financial Advisory, LLC Falling bond yields–spurred by weak economic data–helped lift stocks to weekly gains. A downward revision of Q2 economic growth and fresh signs of a cooling labor market reversed the recent rise in bond yield.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Instead, investors interpreted it as confirmation of a robust economy. 3 This Week: Key Economic Data Monday: ISM Services Index. Source: Investors Business Daily – Econoday economic calendar; February 2, 2024 The Econoday economic calendar lists upcoming U.S. 2 Source: YCharts.com, February 3, 2024.

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The Irrelevant Investor

APRIL 12, 2020

Articles If private equity suffers, the blow will reverberate throughout the entire economy By Bethany McLean No one runs a business on the assumption that that business won’t be there tomorrow By Tim Duy The government made more than $13 billion from its bailout of Citigroup, $5 billion on its stake in AIG, $4.5

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Nationwide Financial

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

But the current economic and political environment may not accommodate additional fiscal stimulus, with inflation continuing to run rampant and government spending remaining at high levels. The S&P 500 valuation has settled at around 17-times forward earnings as of this writing.

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Investing Caffeine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Expanding government deficits and debt (stimulus/infrastructure). Government debt ceiling negotiations. However, the economic laws of supply and demand remain just as true today as they did in 1776 when Adam Smith wrote Wealth of Nations (see also Pins, Cars, Coconuts & Chips ). . · Federal Reserve monetary policy.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JANUARY 8, 2024

Jobs and services sector news painted a better picture of the economy on Thursday, but as the 10-year Treasury hit 4%, stock prices responded negatively. 3,4 This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: International Trade in Goods. Treasury Notes are guaranteed by the federal government as to the timely payment of principal and interest.

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Mauldin Economics

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Many analysts contend that current stock valuations resemble the dot-com era. Notice that the valuations in 1966, the beginning of a long-term bear market, were also high. Notice by this measure that valuations were not all that stretched in 1966. You can see it visually at CurrentMarketValuation.com. Interest rates are 1.6

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Truemind Capital

JUNE 30, 2022

After the subprime crisis in 2008, many developed countries’ Central Banks started printing money and flooding the global economies with cheap liquidity. The quantum of money printing jumped massively after Corona-led economic shutdowns. This resulted in inflation to the levels last seen 40 years ago in many developed economies.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Stocks overcame poor earnings results from some of America’s largest companies to post gains last week as investors cheered positive earnings surprises, easing inflation and a rebound in economic growth. Meanwhile, positive earnings surprises from “old economy” companies powered markets higher. Economic Growth Exceeds Expectations.

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Truemind Capital

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Trade was important to the Roman economy and it generated vast wealth for the citizens of Rome. Thus, by debasement of the currency, they were able to make more coins which led to higher spending by the Government. The economy was in shambles and trade was majorly localized and was done using barter methods. like US Dollar.

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Nationwide Financial

APRIL 10, 2023

The equity and bond markets continue to provide conflicting signals on the economy, with the bond market pricing in a recession and the equity market more consistent with a soft landing. News The economy continues to provide mixed signals between a soft and hard landing. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JANUARY 30, 2023

Presented by Cornerstone Financial Advisory, LLC Stocks added to their early 2023 gains amid a busy stream of mixed corporate earnings results and conflicting economic data. There was enough new economic data to support both the “recession is coming” and the “soft landing” camps. economy expanded at a 2.9% GDP Report The U.S.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

MAY 22, 2023

The prospect of an agreement helped to lift a cloud of uncertainty that had weighed on markets in recent weeks and sparked sufficient optimism to shake off comments by the Dallas Fed President, who indicated that economic data may not support a pause in rate hikes yet. These encouraging reports, however, were followed by a disappointing 3.4%

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James Hendries

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Some recent softening in economic data, coupled with signals from the bond market, may be indicating that Fed policymakers’ concerted inflation fight may be closer to the end than the beginning. We should also have slowing corporate earnings growth and greater economic uncertainty to contend with, some formidable seas to navigate.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

You graduate Harvard in 1990, with an Economics and Computer Science degree, perfect for the explosion of the Internet; a PhD from MIT and Information Technology in ‘96. So along those lines, there are some venture firms that don’t really seem to care a lot about valuations and others seem to focus on a little bit.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

MARCH 27, 2023

Optimism was further fueled by Yellen, who said the government could intervene to protect depositors if more bank issues materialized. The Committee had considered leaving rates unchanged given banking stressors but unanimously voted to raise rates by 0.25%, citing elevated inflation, resilient economic activity, and a strong labor market.

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Brown Advisory

JULY 24, 2018

But after many years of economic recovery, we finally have reached a point where defensive allocations once again provide a reasonable yield. But beyond the economic cycle’s age, several factors suggest that a more defensive mindset is worth considering: Valuations are elevated. The economic expansion may be reaching its limits.

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Brown Advisory

JULY 24, 2018

But after many years of economic recovery, we finally have reached a point where defensive allocations once again provide a reasonable yield. We still believe that equities offer healthy opportunity, and the fact that the current economic expansion is simply “old” has never been a sufficient reason for us to lose confidence in it.

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Good Financial Cents

DECEMBER 14, 2022

And while there’s no guarantee that any job will be immune to cutbacks or layoffs, some industries weather economic storms better than others. CFOs typically have a deep understanding of economic theory and practice and strong analytical and problem-solving skills. One industry that tends to be recession-resistant is finance.

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