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Muni Market is (Mostly) Unimpressed with the Infrastructure Bills
Posted by lplresearch Tuesday, November 9, 2021 The Bipartisan infrastructure bill finally cleared Congress late last week and will be signed into law by President Joe Biden soon. The $1.2 trillion bill will increase new spending towards transportation and “other infrastructure” initiatives by $550 billion, spread out over five years. The law includes $110 billion for roads […]
November 9, 2021
Transitory, Or Non-Transitory, That Is the Question.
Posted by lplresearch Thursday, November 11, 2021 When does transitory inflation become non-transitory? That is the question that Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell is likely to be under increasing pressure to answer after the most recent inflation data surged past economists’ expectations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the October Consumer Price Index (CPI) data yesterday, […]
November 11, 2021
Can the Yield Curve Turn Around Here?
Posted by lplresearch Tuesday, November 16, 2021 One of the more surprising developments in markets over the past six months has been the persistent decline in longer-term Treasury yields. This, coupled with the recent spike in short-term rates as the market has moved to price in rate hikes, has caused most measures of the yield curve to […]
November 16, 2021
Tech is Leading Again
Posted by lplresearch Thursday, November 18, 2021 The S&P 500 Information Technology Sector has gained 27% in the past six months, outperforming the broader S&P 500 by more than 10%. But could its run of leadership just be getting started? As shown in the LPL Chart of the Day, the sector just broke out to fresh […]
November 18, 2021
Four Keys To Building a Successful Investment Strategy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl8Y5-0SX4s
November 19, 2021
Leading Indicators Show Tempered Optimism For Economy
Posted by lplresearch November 19, 2021 On Thursday, November 18, the Conference Board released it October 2021 report detailing the latest reading for the Leading Economic Index (LEI), a composite of ten data series that tend to lead changes in economic activity. Many economic data points are backward-looking, but we pay special attention to the LEI, as […]
November 19, 2021
Finally some clarity on Fed leadership
Posted by lplresearch Tuesday, November 23, 2021 President Biden officially nominated Chairman Jerome Powell to a second four-year term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve (Fed) and elevated current Fed Governor Lael Brainard to Vice Chair of the Committee. Before the announcement, there was speculation that Brainard could replace Powell as Fed Chair. We view these nominations […]
November 23, 2021
How Have Stocks Done Under Jerome Powell?
Posted by lplresearch Wednesday, November 24, 2021 The big news this week was Jerome Powell will remain in charge of the Federal Reserve (Fed) for four more years, so we wanted to do a quick blog that looked at how stocks have done while he has been the Fed Chairman. “There are many reasons for Jerome […]
November 24, 2021
Thoughts on Friday’s Treasury Market Rally
Posted by lplresearch Tuesday, November 30, 2021 Financial markets tend to be relatively quiet the day after Thanksgiving but this year was a notable exception. With the news that a new COVID-19 variant—Omicron—had been discovered and is spreading quickly, prices of risk assets fell and safe-haven assets rallied on Friday. Within the U.S. Treasury market specifically, yields […]
November 30, 2021