Market Commentary Archives - Page 9 of 117 - Capitol Development Account

Markets initially breathed a collective sigh of relief that the CPI was not as bad as feared albeit inflation rose at the greatest pace since ...

13 April, 2022

In my view last week’s release of the Minutes from the March FOMC meeting is perhaps a major event as they discussed the...

11 April, 2022

Weekly jobless claims fell last week by more than forecasted and are now at the lowest level since 1968. The drop is yet another sign of...

08 April, 2022

The data is continuing to exhibit inflationary strength. The ISM Services index, which represents about 70% of the economy, picked up in ...

06 April, 2022

The mega sized tech companies propelled an equity advance, the result of Elon Musk’s 9% stake in Twitter perhaps suggesting there is ...

05 April, 2022

March’s jobless data was generally a non-event. The data further validates the prevailing view the job market is tight, wages are ...

04 April, 2022

March’s employment data is released today at 8:30. Analysts are expecting a 490k increase in non-farm and private sector payrolls respectively, a...

01 April, 2022

The first quarter is coming a close. It is hard to think back to the narratives and the mindset that prevailed at the end of the...

31 March, 2022

February job openings were nominally higher than expected…11.3 million and close to a record. There are 1.8 job openings for ...

30 March, 2022

The yield on the 2-year Treasury is surging. On March 1, 2022 the yield was 1.25%. Last night it closed at a 2.38% yield. In other words, it ...

29 March, 2022