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James Picerno

Editor at The ETF Asset Class Performance Review
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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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Wary Investor Sentiment Continues To Favor Long Bonds In 2019
Thursday, September 26, 2019 7:38 AM EDT
What’s keeping long-dated bonds at the head of this year’s performance ledger for fixed-income markets?
In this article: VCLT, TLT
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Mr. Market Ponders Impeachment Risk
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 7:58 AM EDT
The House of Representatives has formally launched an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, a turn of events with precious little history and so the investment implications are necessarily speculative.
In this article: IEF, SPX, GLD
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US Q3 Growth Estimate Ticks Up To A Modest 2.2% Pace
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 8:21 AM EDT
Recession worries have become topical in recent months, but the odds are low that a smoking gun will be found in next month’s initial report on third-quarter GDP, according to a revised set of nowcasts.
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Commodities Topped Gains For Global Markets Last Week
Monday, September 23, 2019 7:56 AM EDT
Concerns over Saudi Arabia’s supply of crude oil drove commodities prices higher last week, delivering the strongest gain for the major asset classes, based on a set of exchange traded funds.
In this article: BND, GSG, VNQ, VWO
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US Business Cycle Risk Report - Thursday, Sept. 19
Thursday, September 19, 2019 7:17 AM EDT
Slow growth continues to dominate the US economic profile, and the trend could weaken further in the months ahead. But the downshift has yet to trigger a credible recession warning.
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Beware The Wild West Of Recession Analytics
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 7:35 AM EDT
The casual consumer of economic news may be tempted to lump the recent surge in recession warnings as one of a kind.
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Will The Recent Rally In Value Stocks Last?
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 7:25 AM EDT
September has been kind to undervalued shares, offering investors a reason to wonder if this long-suffering slice of the US equity market is finally due to lead over its growth counterparts.
In this article: USMV, IVE, IVW, SPY, VFLQ
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Foreign Stocks Topped Last Week’s Market Gains
Monday, September 16, 2019 7:21 AM EDT
Equities ex-US posted the strongest increases last week for the major asset classes, based on a set of exchange traded funds.
In this article: VEA, VNQ, VWO
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Will Inflation’s Upside Surprise Spoil The Fed’s Rate-Cutting Party?
Friday, September 13, 2019 8:10 AM EDT
Just when it looked like inflation’s threat was fading, yesterday’s August report on consumer prices dispensed a not-so-fast alert.
In this article: IEF
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Exploring Simplicity In Tactically Managed ETF Portfolios
Thursday, September 12, 2019 7:39 AM EDT
Risk management has become a high priority for many investors over the past decade. The worst financial crisis and recession since the Great Depression in 2008-2009 clearly has the power to focus minds.
In this article: AOA, AOK, AOM, AOR
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US Growth Estimate Steady At 2.0% For Third Quarter
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 8:38 AM EDT
Economic growth has slowed and there’s no sign that output will reaccelerate any time soon. But there’s also minimal evidence that the economy is due to crumble in next month’s third-quarter GDP report.
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Global Stocks Continue To Post Gains In 2019 Despite Risks
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 7:33 AM EDT
The world economy appears to be slowing, with some analysts warning that recession risk is rising. Judging by year-to-date equity performances for the planet’s main economic regions, however, suggests that the crowd isn’t particularly worried.
In this article: SPY, AFK, VT
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Emerging Markets Equities Topped Asset Class Returns Last Week
Monday, September 9, 2019 9:00 AM EDT
Stock markets in emerging markets continued to rebound last week, posting the strongest gain for the major asset classes, based on a set of exchange-traded funds.
In this article: GSG, TIP, VNQ, VWO
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US Companies Hired Fewer-Than-Expected Workers In August
Friday, September 6, 2019 12:06 PM EDT
Private payrolls rose 96,000 in August, moderately below expectations, according to this morning’s update from the Labor Dept.
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Low Vol And Momentum Top US Equity Factor Returns In 2019
Friday, September 6, 2019 7:26 AM EDT
US stocks have been whipsawed this year, but looking through the recent noise shows that all the major equity factors continue to post solid gains, based on a set of exchange-traded funds.
In this article: USMV, IJS, SPY, MTUM
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The Fed’s Between The Rock And The Hard Place
Thursday, September 5, 2019 9:20 AM EDT
Yesterday’s release of the Beige Book survey from the Federal Reserve paints an upbeat profile, advising that “the economy expanded at a modest pace through the end of August.”
In this article: IEF
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