Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Inflationary pressures—their determinants and evolution—continue to dominate policy discussions. In this post, we provide a simple framework to analyze the determinants of different measures of inflation and use it to lay...
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Wednesday, January 4, 2023
The Great Moderation, the four-decade period of largely stable activity and inflation, is behind us. The new regime of greater macro and market volatility is playing out. A recession is foretold,; central banks are on the course to...
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Monday, January 2, 2023
The S&P 500 index edged down 0.1% in the final week of 2022, a year that saw the market benchmark lose more than 19% amid rising inflation and interest rates.The S&P 500 ended at 3,839.50 on Friday, the final trading session of the...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, is now law. This historic and sweeping legislation was created to help keep...
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Sunday, March 15, 2020
I am writing on behalf of all the advisors and staff of Clearview Financial Partners to communicate the actions we are taking in response to the Covid-19 Pandemic. After the tragedies of 9/11, we developed a...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Monday was a tough day in the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index down more than 3% as the number of coronavirus cases reported outside of China jumped. Monday’s losses reversed all of this year’s gains so far for the S&P...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
The recent news that technology giant Apple would miss its fourth quarter 2020 revenue targets has understandably increased investor anxiety surrounding the potential economic impact of the coronavirus (now called COVID-19). Lost in...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
We hope everyone had a nice Presidents’ Day yesterday, and by nice we hope you got the day off work! In honor of George Washington, starting in 1971, the third Monday in February was originally celebrated as a Federal holiday to...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020
The financial media returned to a favorite topic in the last week, yield curve inversion, but we caution against getting caught up in the building frenzy. The Treasury yield curve inverts when short-term interest rates move above...
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Friday, January 31, 2020
As the clock strikes 11 p.m. in London (midnight in Brussels) on January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom (U.K.) will end its 47-year membership in the European Union (E.U.) when the U.K.’s withdrawal from the E.U., known as Brexit,...
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Friday, January 17, 2020
2020 is off to a roaring start, picking up right where 2019 left off. Many investors are eyeing the upcoming presidential election as an impending storm for the stock market. In the four-year presidential cycle, pre-election years have...
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Thursday, December 26, 2019
It was hard not to stumble into a winner if you owned stocks in 2019. With just four trading days left in the year, the S&P 500 Index has returned over 31%, its best yearly return since 2013. Whether you owned diversified stock...
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Thursday, December 12, 2019
The Federal Reserve (Fed) officially tied a bow on 2019 with another policy pivot. On December 11, the Fed announced it would leave rates unchanged, concluding a string of three 25-basis point (0.25%) rate cuts from July to October....
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
To ease some of the burdens of tax season we've created this helpful guide, which contains all the information you may need to easily address tax issues and questions that you might face. It will assist you in becoming familiar with...
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Friday, October 4, 2019
Tariffs on Scotch Whiskey in the Interest of National Security (please enjoy some humor on this Friday afternoon) The Trump White House has announced it will release a new slate of tariffs that will take effect Oct. 18th, 2019. Among...
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Wednesday, December 5, 2018
I am finding it difficult to stay comfortable as the stock market continues to trend downward. As an investment advisor who is surrounded by data, I am not impervious to the thought that “This time it’s different”....
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