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James Picerno is a veteran financial journalist and has been writing about portfolio strategies, investment products, and macroeconomics since the early 1990s at Bloomberg, Dow Jones and other media groups before becoming an independent writer/analyst/consultant in 2008. He’s currently ...more

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Risk Premia Forecasts: Major Asset Classes - Oct. 2, 2018
The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) was unchanged in September, holding steady at an annualized 5.0% — matching the estimate in the previous month.
Major Asset Classes Performance Review For September 2018
Broadly defined commodities led the performance horse race in September for the major asset classes. The return marked the first monthly advance for commodities since May, which was also the last time that raw materials writ large led the field.
Market Outlook Sees Treasury Yields Continuing To Trend Higher
The prospect of more interest-rate increases in the absence of rising inflation, based on the Federal Reserve’s latest forecast, strikes some as unnecessarily risky for the economy.
Mideast, US Still Lead Regional Equity Markets Returns This Year
Stock markets in the Middle East and Gulf are holding on to a small performance edge over the US equity market so far in 2018, based on a set of exchange-traded funds.
Fed Set To Hike Rates Today As Inflation Expectations Rebound
Fed funds futures are in agreement with the crowd that the central bank will squeeze policy again today.
This Year’s Rally In US Small-Cap Stocks Begins To Stumble
Small-capitalization equities in the US have been on a tear this year, but investors are wondering if the headwinds in recent weeks are a sign that the strong upside momentum has run its course.
Commodities And Foreign Stocks Led Global Markets Last Week
The iPath Bloomberg Commodity Total Return (DJP) popped 3.1% last week, marking its biggest weekly advance since April.
US Business Cycle Risk Report - Thursday, Sept. 20
US economic growth remains strong, based on data published to date, but today’s business-cycle profile continues to suggest that we’ve seen the peak.
A Tale Of Two Consumer Sector Returns: Discretionary Vs. Staples
The existing definitions show that consumer discretionary, technology, and health care shares continue to lead this year, based on a set of exchange-traded funds.
Clues Pile Up For Expecting Another Rate Hike Next Week
The Federal Reserve remains on track for another round of tightening monetary policy at next week’s FOMC meeting, based on a several indicators.
Stocks Rebounded Last Week As US Bonds, Commodities Fell
US and foreign stock markets firmed up last week, including the recently pummeled slice of emerging-markets equities, based on a set of exchange-traded products.
US Q3 GDP Growth On Track For Slower But Still Healthy Pace
Assuming that the economy has entered an extended run of substantially stronger economic activity remains open for debate, at least by the standard in Q2 – output grew 4.2% in the previous quarter, a four-year high.
Mideast, US Still Leading World Regional Equity Returns This Year
Stock markets in the Middle East continue to hold a modest edge over US equities in the year-to-date horse race for regional stock-market performances.
Is It Time To Start Taking Profits In Junk Bonds?
The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates again later this month, but if that’s another signal that headwinds are building for fixed-income securities the warning isn’t resonating in the junk bond market these days.
US Equity Bull Run: Second Longest Based On Economic Expansions
How old is the bull market in US stocks? By some accounts, we’re knee-deep in the oldest run on record.
Across-The-Board Losses For The Major Asset Classes Last Week
Selling weighed on all the main categories of global markets last week, based on a set of exchange-traded products. The biggest slide was posted in stocks in emerging markets.
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