The Fed raised rates 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%, validating bond-market expectations as persistent inflation pushed Chair Warsh to finally ‘walk the walk’ on his hawkish rhetoric.
Monthly Archives: September 2026
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By choosing entities with advantages on multiple different business dimensions, it gives investors a higher probability of success. Consider how, in sports, a championship group is rarely one dimensional, or dependent on one player.
The Fed seems to be less inclined to push yields lower this time. In November 2023, it changed its statement to refer to “tighter financial and credit conditions”, rather than just “tighter credit conditions”.
The Health Care sector is showing renewed momentum after several years of relative underperformance. While the sector’s recent outperformance during market volatility may look characteristically defensive, its longer-term opportunity is increasingly being tied to innovation.
From General Electric, Toyota and Exxon Mobil to Apple and Microsoft, and lately Nvidia, the identity of the world’s largest listed company has changed repeatedly over the past few decades.
Stocks were mixed last week as markets continued to navigate geopolitical concerns and new signals about short-term interest rates.
July 2026 will be remembered as a turbulent month for IBM shareholders. But IBM's record post-earnings selloff overshadowed its acquisition of HRL Laboratories, that strengthens its long-term quantum computing strategy.
Slowness brings mindfulness. It gives one an opportunity to take a step back, reflect, review and reorient as needed. Good things take time after all.
If you pay attention to financial media, you’re likely to hear quite a bit about September being the worst month for investors. While this is indeed borne out by the data, seasonality is a fickle guide.
There is the idea that energy is destiny. If this is true, the major countries of North America each have circumstances to contemplate when considering their future energy needs.
The foreign exchange (FX) market trades around the world, around the clock and without a central trading venue. Yet FX liquidity tends to aggregate at a particular time in a single place—the end of the London trading day.
A hawkish Warsh speech lifts Fed hike odds, Canada records broad second-quarter gains, and Australia’s July inflation data strengthens expectations for another rate hike as September comes into view.