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Weekly Market Pulse: Deja Vu All Over Again

By |2025-05-04T23:23:13-04:00May 4th, 2025|Alhambra Portfolios, Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Markets, Newsletter, Real Estate, Stocks|

From The Burden of Bretton Woods, The Richard Nixon Foundation: ...by the 1960s, the expansion of global production and trade increased the amount of dollars circulated worldwide — so much so that dollar circulation far outstripped the U.S. gold supply. There simply was not enough gold to back excessive liquidity, making it evident that the U.S. dollar was overvalued. Because [...]

Weekly Market Pulse: A Generational Change?

By |2025-04-28T07:40:45-04:00April 27th, 2025|Alhambra Portfolios, Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Markets, Newsletter, Real Estate, Stocks, Taxes/Fiscal Policy|

Stocks have rebounded over the last three weeks from the initial shock of the "liberation day" tariffs announced on April 8th. The S&P 500 is now down just 2.5% since the close on the day of the announcement (they were announced after the market close). There have been some changes to the initial tariff levels but even the reduced levels [...]

Weekly Market Pulse: Peak America?

By |2025-04-21T09:04:22-04:00April 20th, 2025|Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Markets, Real Estate, Stocks|

The US economy has been the envy of the world for a long time, especially after the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID pandemic. Our economy has grown faster than just about any other in the developed world thanks in large part to the extraordinary performance of our technology sector. Our markets for debt and equity are the largest and [...]

Weekly Market Pulse: The End of The Beginning

By |2025-04-14T07:09:14-04:00April 13th, 2025|Alhambra Portfolios, Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Markets, Newsletter, Real Estate, Stocks, Taxes/Fiscal Policy|

The stock market rallied last week, the S&P 500 up nearly 6%, spurred on by the suspension of some of the tariffs imposed on April 2nd. The "reciprocal" part of the new tariffs was suspended for 90 days while the 10% universal tariff was retained. Tariffs on China, however, were raised further after they retaliated against President Trump's previous retaliation [...]

Weekly Market Pulse: You Cannot Be Serious!

By |2025-04-07T05:56:34-04:00April 6th, 2025|Alhambra Portfolios, Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Markets, Newsletter, Real Estate, Stocks|

You can't be serious! You cannot be serious! - John McEnroe, challenging a fault call at Wimbledon, 1981 That's what went through my head when President Trump unveiled his "reciprocal" tariffs on Wednesday last week. The tariffs unveiled on Trump's "Liberation Day": are the largest tax increase since at least 1968 and maybe in our entire history. impose an average [...]

Weekly Market Pulse: The Weak Dollar Effect

By |2025-03-31T08:24:36-04:00March 30th, 2025|Alhambra Portfolios, Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Markets, Newsletter, Real Estate, Stocks|

Is it finally time for international stocks to shine? That question has been asked and answered negatively for 10 of the last 12 years if you compare the S&P 500 to the EAFE international stock index. The total return changes some but the results are similar if you compare the US to European stocks. This period of US outperformance is [...]

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