The Never-Ending Balancing Act

There is a constant pirouette of working, saving, and spending throughout our lives. Regardless of your career and net worth, we all attempt to elegantly balance our budget to achieve our lifestyle and savings goals. As illustrated below, the amount of spending since...

The Market in Pictures, July 7

Our team looks at a lot of research throughout each day. A few charts that caught our eye this week, and the way they fit the unfolding puzzle of evidence:   John Luke: Mortgage rates are moving higher again   Source: YCharts   John Luke: but US buyers...

Fed and Treasury on Collision Course

QT Slowly Eating Away Liquidity   Even with the spike in the Fed’s Balance sheet following the SIVB (Silicon Valley Bank) collapse, QT is still quietly going on in the background. The Fed has stayed course in their communication of the importance of shrinking...

Rearview to Windshield, July 2023

June ‘23 Market Recap: The banking fears of Q1 faded into an all-out Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) FOMO trade in Q2, as the S&P 500 returned 8.74%. Outside of AI, this quarter’s narrative was “Immaculate Disinflation”, which embodies falling inflation and stable...

The Market in Pictures, June 30

Our team looks at a lot of research throughout each day. A few charts that caught our eye this week, and the way they fit the unfolding puzzle of evidence:   John Luke: The cleanest story since the October low has been decelerating headline inflation, which lines...

Meet the Team : Brett Wickmann

You might have seen our Team Page with our full team lineup, showing us in the office setting, with the usual bios about backgrounds and roles. We wanted to show you who we are outside of the office and share a little about the personalities that make up our team. We...