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James Picerno

Editor at The ETF Asset Class Performance Review
Contributor's Links: The Capital Spectator
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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US Q3 GDP Growth On Track For Slower But Still Healthy Pace
Friday, September 14, 2018 8:07 AM EDT
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.
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Mideast, US Still Leading World Regional Equity Returns This Year
Thursday, September 13, 2018 7:25 AM EDT
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.
In this article: AFK, SPY, GULF
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Is It Time To Start Taking Profits In Junk Bonds?
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 8:32 AM EDT
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.
In this article: JNK Also: HYG, VWEHX
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US Equity Bull Run: Second Longest Based On Economic Expansions
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 8:54 AM EDT
How old is the bull market in US stocks? By some accounts, we’re knee-deep in the oldest run on record.
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Across-The-Board Losses For The Major Asset Classes Last Week
Monday, September 10, 2018 7:28 AM EDT
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.
In this article: VWO, IHY, VNQ, VTI, EMLC, JNK
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Hiring At US Companies Rebounded In August
Friday, September 7, 2018 10:50 AM EDT
Private payrolls in the US increased by a seasonally adjusted 204,000 in August, marking a sharply stronger gain over the previous month’s revised 153,000 advance.
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US Treasuries Predicting That The Inflation Rebound Has Peaked
Friday, September 7, 2018 7:47 AM EDT
The hard data on inflation points to a modestly accelerating rate of inflation, a trend that supports the Federal Reserve’s ongoing policy of gently but consistently raising interest rates.
In this article: FVX
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Small Cap And Growth Factors Continue To Lead US Stocks In 2018
Thursday, September 6, 2018 8:33 AM EDT
Year-to-date returns for US equity investing are still dominated by small-cap and growth factors, based on a set of exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
In this article: IJR, IVE, IWF, IWO, SPY, SPX
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Risk Premia Forecasts: Major Asset Classes - Wednesday, Sept. 5
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 12:02 PM EDT
The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) continued to inch up in August, reaching an annualized 5.0% — fractionally higher vs. the estimate in the previous month.
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Major Asset Classes - August 2018 Performance Review
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 7:26 AM EDT
US equities topped the performance ledger for a second straight month in August for the major asset classes. The gain marked the fifth straight monthly increase and the strongest for the US stock market since January.
In this article: EFA, IWM, SPX
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The US Dollar Is (Still) A Key Factor For Emerging Market Returns
Friday, August 31, 2018 8:55 AM EDT
It’s been a rough year for emerging markets. Stocks, bonds, and currencies in these countries have generally taken a hit in 2018. Not surprisingly, the US dollar has been strengthening.
In this article: EMLC, VEIEX, UUP, VWO
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US Stocks Are Outperforming Everything – By A Wide Margin
Thursday, August 30, 2018 9:03 AM EDT
The US equity market has had a volatile year, but the higher risk has paid off… big time.
In this article: VEA, SPY, VTI
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Tech, Consumer Discretionary Sectors Leading US Stocks This Year
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 8:21 AM EDT
Shares of technology and consumer discretionary companies are dominating this year’s horse race for US sector returns.
In this article: SPY, XLE, XLK, XLP, XLV, XLY
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US Recession Risk Is Low, According To Current Q3 GDP Estimates
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 5:56 PM EDT
The flattening yield curve has sparked worries that a new recession is near, but the near-term outlook for growth still looks healthy, based on the latest set of nowcasts for third quarter GDP, as compiled by The Capital Spectator.
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Most Asset Classes Posted Gains Last Week
Monday, August 27, 2018 7:49 AM EDT
US stocks continue to dominate the horse race by a wide margin. Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI) closed with a 21.0% total return on Friday – far above the rest of the field.
In this article: EMLC, VEA, AAXJ, DJP, JNK, VNQ, VWO
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Will The Narrowing Yield Curve Force The Fed To Rethink Policy?
Friday, August 24, 2018 9:23 AM EDT
With the 10-year/2-year spread at just 21 basis points, a quarter-point rise leaves room for wondering if the curve will invert in the near-term future.
In this article: FVX
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