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Multifamily Buildings on the Rise
Posted by Jeffrey J. Roach, PhD, Chief Economist Wednesday, January 4, 2023 Multifamily Construction Rising, Bucking Trend of Single Family It’s no surprise that residential activity is slowing. The housing market is coming off a euphoric run during the post-pandemic period of historically low interest rates. But, the slowing housing activity does not look as bad […]
January 4, 2023
How SECURE 2.0 Makes Saving for Retirement Easier
Posted by Barry Gilbert, PhD, CFA, Asset Allocation Strategist Friday, January 6, 2023 There was good news for those saving for retirement in the recent appropriations bill passed to fund the government, signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022. The larger bill included a set of retirement reforms called SECURE 2.0. A kind […]
January 6, 2023
Looking For Years That Look Most Like 2022
Posted by Adam Turnquist, CMT, VP Chief Technical Strategist Friday, January 6, 2023 Investors have gladly hit the reset button after last year’s downhill ride on the S&P 500. What started with a champagne record high on the first trading day of 2022, fizzled out into a volatile bear market by June and nearly a 20% […]
January 6, 2023
Is The Yield Curve Recession Signal A False Positive?
Posted by Lawrence Gillum, CFA, Fixed Income Strategist Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Last November we noted that the shape of the U.S. Treasury yield curve is often looked at as a barometer for U.S. economic growth. Moreover, we noted that the spread between the 3-month T-Bill yield and the 10-year Treasury yield (3M/10Y) has been a […]
January 10, 2023
What Muddling Through Might Look Like
Posted by Jeffrey Buchbinder, CFA, Chief Equity Strategist Wednesday, January 11, 2023 The consensus sees a U.S. recession coming in 2023, though opinions vary widely on how significant it might be. LPL Research acknowledges that a recession this year is probably more likely than not at this point, and the risk of another tough year for […]
January 11, 2023
Consumer Inflation Falls Below 1% Over Second Half of 2022
Posted by Barry Gilbert, PhD, CFA, Asset Allocation Strategist Thursday, January 12, 2023 We received our final reading on Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for 2022 this morning, which gave us the inflation numbers for December 2022. Helped by declining energy prices, the index fell 0.1% in December, in line with economists’ consensus expectation and the […]
January 12, 2023
Retail Sales Downshift in December
Posted by Jeffrey J. Roach, PhD, Chief Economist Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Trajectory Is Weakening The U.S. economy weakened in December. Overall spending in December fell over 1% month over month after a downwardly revised 1% decline in November. Lower sales on autos and at gas stations contributed over half of the decline in total retail […]
January 18, 2023
Earnings Down, Stocks Up? Not as Uncommon as You Think
Posted by Jeffrey Buchbinder, CFA, Chief Equity Strategist Thursday, January 19, 2023 Investors often talk about how earnings drive stock prices. But that begs the question how so many strategists and pundits expect earnings to fall in 2023 and stocks to rise? That’s our view in LPL Research. Let’s look at the histories of earnings growth […]
January 19, 2023
How SECURE 2.0 Makes Saving for Retirement Easier
Posted by Barry Gilbert, PhD, CFA, Asset Allocation Strategist Friday, January 6, 2023 There was good news for those saving for retirement in the recent appropriations bill passed to fund the government, signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022. The larger bill included a set of retirement reforms called SECURE 2.0. A kind […]
January 20, 2023