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Why Inflation Worries Likely Just Peaked
Market Blog Posted by lplresearch Wednesday, June 16, 2021 As nearly everyone knows by now, inflation has soared the past few months, with the May Consumer Price Index (CPI) coming in at 5.0% year-over-year, the highest since 2008, while the core CPI (excluding energy and food) was 3.8%, the highest since 1992. The Bloomberg consensus is […]
June 16, 2021
A Moderately Interesting Fed Meeting
Market Blog Posted by lplresearch Thursday, June 17, 2021 The Federal Reserve (Fed) ended its two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting yesterday and, as expected, there were no changes to current interest rate or bond purchasing policies. However, signaling on future path of short-term interest rates seemingly surprised markets. Notably, the number of Fed members […]
June 17, 2021
Leading Indicators Continue to Forecast Growth
Economic Blog Posted by lplresearch Friday, June 18, 2021 As the economic focus has frantically shifted from inflation concerns to peak growth fears to the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) tightening timeline in recent weeks, it can be helpful to take a step back and assess the broad economic trend with a diversified set of indicators. Through this […]
June 18, 2021
LPL Market Signals: New Highs In Inflation and Stocks
Market Blog Posted by lplresearch Monday, June 21, 2021 New highs amid higher inflation The S&P 500 Index finally broke out to new highs late two weeks ago on the heels of the hotter than expected inflation data. Equity Strategist Jeff Buchbinder and Chief Market Strategist Ryan Detrick discuss how the market took the 5.0% year-over-year […]
June 21, 2021
Connecting the Dots on the Recent Bond Market Price Action
Market Blog Posted by lplresearch Tuesday, June 22, 2021 The “dot plots” are slowly becoming the new phrase of the year after the July 16 Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting. As a reminder, the dot plots represent the expected path of short-term interest rates by Fed members. Each dot represents a member’s opinion on where the Fed […]
June 22, 2021
Manufacturing Activity Indices at Historic Levels
Economic Blog Posted by lplresearch Thursday, June 24, 2021 As recent economic data shows, the robust post-COVID recovery has brought about a historic rebound in U.S. manufacturing activity. Pent-up demand and low inventories of capital goods have caused companies to fire up their machines at record levels, and manufacturing supply management professionals have responded with relative […]
January 1, 1970
Manufacturing Activity Indices at Historic Levels
Economic Blog Posted by lplresearch Thursday, June 24, 2021 As recent economic data shows, the robust post-COVID recovery has brought about a historic rebound in U.S. manufacturing activity. Pent-up demand and low inventories of capital goods have caused companies to fire up their machines at record levels, and manufacturing supply management professionals have responded with relative […]
June 24, 2021
Maintaining Value Overweight Despite Growth Rebound
Market Blog Posted by lplresearch Friday, June 25, 2021 As growth-style stocks extend their recent rally relative to value, we’ve been increasingly asked whether the value rally in place since September 2020 is durable. In short, we think that it is. Factors still supporting value? Above-trend economic growth that we expect to extend through 2022; the […]
June 25, 2021
Corporate Credit Markets Are Boring And Why That’s Good For Equity Investors
Market Blog Posted by lplresearch Tuesday, June 29, 2021 While most of the focus lately has been on the volatility in the Treasury markets, the corporate credit markets continue to tell an encouraging story about the economic recovery. The traditional U.S. corporate credit bond market represents roughly $8.5 trillion in debt outstanding from both investment grade […]
June 29, 2021
4 Charts To Help You Get Ready For July And Beyond
Market Blog Posted by lplresearch Wednesday, June 30, 2021 Incredibly, 2021 is halfway over! There’s a long way to go, but it has been a great year for stock bulls, a historically bad year for bonds, and a great year for the economy. We recently found these four charts that we think all investors need to […]
June 30, 2021