by DRL Group | Apr 30, 2025 | Chasing Yields
This week, about 30% of companies that make up the S&P are reporting first-quarter earnings. While many of these companies announced better-than-expected numbers, the big question lurking over the markets is, “Can we trust 1st quarter earnings considering...
by DRL Group | Apr 24, 2025 | Chasing Yields, Sara
As the current administration continues to impose higher tariffs on countries worldwide, confidence and uncertainty among individual investors, small businesses, and corporations plummet. According to Apollo Global Management’s Chief Economist, Torsten Slok, the...
by David Loesch | Apr 16, 2025 | Chasing Yields, David
This week, the Federal Reserve Bank of NY released the findings of its April Empire State Manufacturing Index, a snapshot survey of the health of the manufacturing sector in NY. As per the respondents, there was a modest decline in business activity, which was,...
by David Loesch | Apr 9, 2025 | Chasing Yields, David
As the US Treasury prepares to sell $39 billion 10-yr bonds today, the big question on economist’s minds is, who will buy our bonds? The Treasury sells billions of dollars in bonds to fund government debt; typically, foreign central banks, or “Indirect...
by David Loesch | Apr 3, 2025 | Chasing Yields, David
As the U.S. braces for global reactions to tariffs, investor attention has been predominantly focused on how the stock and bond markets are trading. Not much attention has been centered on the strength of the U.S. Dollar. But, according to Bloomberg, the dollar’s...
by David Loesch | Mar 27, 2025 | Chasing Yields, David
The investor’s Consumer Confidence Index for March reached a 4-year low of 92.9, down from 100.1 in February, according to The Conference Board. Also released was the Expectation Index, which lists consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and the...
