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Powell Signals 2020 Fed Framework Language on Chopping Block

1 day ago | advisorperspectives.com | Amara Omeokwe

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said policymakers are weighing changes to key parts of the framework that guides their monetary policy decisions, including how they think about shortfalls in US employment and approach their inflation target. Officials “have indicated that they thought it would be appropriate to reconsider the language around shortfalls.
A Bear Market Rally? Or, Just A Correction?

2 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Lance Roberts

Assessing a bear market rally proves challenging when you experience it firsthand. It is only in hindsight that the complete picture reveals itself to investors. Of course, after a bear market rally, investors tend to review their investments and speculate on what they should have done differently. Retail investors seem to view the recent sharp correction as possibly finished.
A Better-than-Expected Q1 Earnings Season Wraps up with the Retailers

3 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Christine Short

TakeawaysWith 90% of S&P 500® companies reporting for the Q1 reporting season, EPS growth currently stands at 13.4%Three companies reporting this week have delayed their earnings dates: Fox Corp DaVita Inc. and NRG EnergyThis marks the final week of Q1 peak earnings season with 2,300 companies expected to reportThe Q1 2025 earnings season heads into its final peak week with mostly positive results from S&P 500 companies thus far.
Buyout Firms Ramp Up Debt Deals to Pay Dividends

3 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Abhinav Ramnarayan |Eleanor Duncan

Companies are launching a number of debt deals designed to pay out a dividend to their private equity owners, at a time when buyout firms are under pressure to return money to clients.
US Inflation Comes In Softer Than Forecast for a Third Month

3 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Augusta Saraiva

US inflation rose by less than forecast in April amid tame prices for clothing and new cars, suggesting little urgency so far by companies to pass along the cost of higher tariffs to consumers. The consumer price index, excluding the often volatile food and energy categories, increased 0.2% from March, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Tuesday. That marked the third-straight month of softer-than-forecast readings. The CPI report highlights two underlying dynamics in the economy.
Basel III Makes It Official: Gold Is Money Again

3 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Frank Holmes

Historically, gold stocks tend to lag the metal itself until higher prices are deemed sustainable. Institutional capital tends to wait for the “all clear” sign. That often means retail investors can front-run the rotation. If gold prices stay elevated—or go higher, as I expect—I believe we’ll see renewed flows into the mining space. Meanwhile, we’ve seen investors increasingly favor physically backed gold ETFs and streaming/royalty companies as lower-risk ways to gain exposure. That’s understandable.
Busy Week for Muni Debt Sales Tests Investors Wading Into Market

3 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Erin Hudson |Arvelisse Bonilla Ramos

A wave of municipal-bond sales scheduled for this week will test a recent rebound in buyer demand after investors sold their holdings during April’s market rout. Roughly $14 billion of muni debt is scheduled to come to market over the next five days, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That is running about 70% higher than the average weekly volume over the last five years.
Fed Chair Powell Tells the Truth: "We Don't Know!"

4 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Mike Maharrey

Fed People Never Really Know What They Were DoingPowell’s admission that the central bank doesn’t know what to do next or how things are going to play out is a rare moment of honesty from a central banker. Fed people like to maintain the illusion that they are in control. They want you to believe they're wise and knowledgeable, equipped with the tools and brainpower necessary to guide the economy through thick and thin with calm hands firmly on the tiller.
Eldridge’s Gilbert: CLOs “Incredibly Resilient, Often Misunderstood”

4 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Karrie Gordon

Fixed income investors who want to diversify their portfolios in a challenging market environment shouldn't overlook CLOs. Danielle Gilbert, managing director at Eldridge Capital Management, discussed the value of CLOs in investment portfolios with VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth in the recent Income Investment Strategy Symposium. Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are securitized portfolios comprised of a collection of company loans, mostly leveraged.
Employment Data Confirms Economy is Slowing

4 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Lance Roberts

While coming in much stronger than expected, the latest employment data confirmed what we already suspected: the economy is slowing. The reason the employment data is so important is that without employment growth, the economy stalls. It takes, on average, about 200,000 jobs each month to keep up with population growth, which ultimately keeps the economy growing. That is because, as discussed in last week’s #BullBearReport, the consumer comprises about 70% of economic growth.