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Monthly Macro Monitor: Well Worried

By |2019-10-23T15:08:28-04:00March 26th, 2019|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Markets|

Don't waste your time worrying about things that are well worried. Well worried. One of the best turns of phrase I've ever heard in this business that has more than its fair share of adages and idioms. It is also one of the first - and best - lessons I learned from my original mentor in this business. The things [...]

Monthly Macro Chart Review – March

By |2019-10-23T15:08:29-04:00March 7th, 2019|Alhambra Research, Economy|

We're changing the format on our Macro updates, breaking the report into two parts. This is part one, a review of the data released the previous month with charts to highlight the ones we deem important. We'll post another one next week that will be more commentary and the market based indicators we use to monitor recession risk. We are [...]

Monthly Macro Monitor – January 2019

By |2019-10-23T15:08:30-04:00January 24th, 2019|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy|

A Return To Normalcy In the first two years after a newly elected President takes office he enacts a major tax cut that primarily benefits the wealthy and significantly raises tariffs on imports. His foreign policy is erratic but generally pulls the country back from foreign commitments. He also works to reduce immigration and roll back regulations enacted by his [...]

Living In The Present

By |2019-01-10T17:15:44-05:00January 5th, 2019|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Real Estate, Stocks, Taxes/Fiscal Policy|

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. Buddha Review It's that time of year again, time to cast the runes, consult the iChing, shake the Magic Eight Ball and read the tea leaves. What will [...]

Monthly Macro Monitor – November 2018

By |2019-10-23T15:08:31-04:00November 29th, 2018|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

Is the Fed's monetary tightening about over? Maybe, maybe not but there does seem to be some disagreement between Jerome Powell and his Vice Chair, Richard Clarida. Powell said just a little over a month ago that the Fed Funds rate was still "a long way from neutral" and that the Fed may ultimately need to go past neutral. Clarida [...]

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