The survey showed asset managers’, “…cash levels at the lowest since March 2013, global equity allocations at a 10-year high, and a record number of respondents reporting taking a ‘higher than normal’ ...
Archives for February 2021
Week In Review – February 2302021
Texas Suffers a Deep Freeze That Pushes Energy Offline… The Lone Star State experienced historically low temperatures that brought some of the nation’s energy complex to a halt as refiners shut down ...
Week In Review – February 15 2021
Oil Prices Push Inflation Up 0.3% in January… Even with the gains last month, annual inflation remained steady at 1.4%. What it means— The cost of gasoline shot up 7.4% last month, as energy prices ...
2021 February 8th – Thinking of Markets
It’s not a black diamond ski run yet, but the yield curve for U.S. Treasuries is steeper than it has been in a while. A yield curve is the line on a graph showing yields for different maturities of ...
Week In Review – February 8 2021
The U.S. Economy Created 49,000 Jobs in January… The modest gains were very close to the expected gains of 55,000 jobs. What it means— The unemployment rate dropped 0.4%, from 6.7% to 6.3%. While ...