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March Market Commentary: Why Aren’t Rate Hikes Working?

Markets appear to have finally started taking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's warnings seriously and caught up to the rhetoric that the Fed has been consistently pushing out. Rates will be higher for longer, yields went up, bond prices fell, and equity markets finally acknowledged that the pivot was nowhere in sight. What does this mean for the economy?

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January Market Commentary: The Fed Goes Meta

While the equity markets, as measured by the S&P 500 index, was up in the third quarter, December was a disappointment from the gains seen in October and November. Inflation is dropping, if slowly. Employment is lower, but strong, which is supportive of the economy, and GDP returned to positive. What’s causing the volatility?

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An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies

In 2017 we saw the first huge success of cryptocurrencies, with their total market capitalization hitting an all-time high of $600 billion in the month of December. Before capitalizing on crypto yourself, it’s important to understand what this cryptocurrency space is all about.

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