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Spring Forward, Markets Backpedal: Iran, Oil, and a Jobs Shock
Volatility is framed as a two- front test: geopolitical escalation and a labor market miss that undercut confidence in near term growth. The investor fulcrum is oil. I...
Cold as Ice? When the Numbers Are Strong but the Market Isn’t Impressed
As February closes, markets are grappling with a familiar tension: solid fundamentals meeting elevated expectations. This episode unpacks why strong earnings, includin...
Markets Digest Tariff Ruling as Inflation Pressures Persist
This week’s discussion reflects a market navigating slower growth and firmer inflation. Fourth‑quarter GDP shows a clear downshift, while PCE inflation surprised to th...
A Market in Motion: Inflation Softens, IPOs Pop, and AI Stirs the Pot
This week, we review a busy week of economic data, including updates on retail sales, employment, and inflation, and discuss what these signals mean for the broader ec...
Jobs Cool, Chips Rule and Positioning While the Dollar Drifts
Markets absorbed a brief U.S. government shutdown, ongoing fourth‑quarter earnings, and fresh readings from the Institute for Supply Management: Services stayed in exp...
Fed Holds Rates Steady; New Fed Chair is Announced
The Fed stayed put, inflation hasn’t cooled enough, and investors are penciling in the next rate cut at mid‑year. A light data slate backed that view—jobless claims re...
From Greenland to the Grid: What’s Moving Markets This Week
A steady, broadening market week: breadth improved beyond the mega‑caps, volatility’s blip faded, and PCE inflation continues to run at a pace consistent with the Fed’...
The Fed, the Grid, and the Consumer: What’s Powering 2026 So Far?
A steady but complicated start to 2026: inflation isn’t flaring, retail spending held up, and the Beige Book nudged higher while jobless claims stayed low. With a Janu...
A Crude Awakening: Venezuela, Energy, and Investor Signals
Happy New Year! In the first episode of 2026, we catch up on what we missed during the holiday break, and dig into the latest market and economic developments in the b...
Fed Fractures & Holiday Futures: The 2025 Market Wrap
In this week's episode, our experts discuss recent market activity, economic data delays due to the recent government shutdown, and the Federal Reserve’s latest rate c...
AI‑n’t a Bubble (Yet): Winners, Losers, and the H1:2026 Equity Sprint
On this week’s episode, a busy week of mixed economic signals—initial jobless claims hit a very low 191,000 while ADP reported a -32,000 decline in private payrolls—an...
Economic Crosswinds and Fed Uncertainty: Positioning for 2026
With the historic government shutdown behind us, we dig back into key economic data captured over the duration of the shutdown: highlights include a modest improvement...
Penny for Your Thoughts? Consumer Trends and the Fog of Uncertainty Persists
This week, we cover the historic end of U.S. penny production resulting from high manufacturing costs and obsolescence. Market updates focused on lingering uncertainty...
Afraid of the Dark: Sentiment Falters as Record-Long Shutdown Continues
This week, we explore the economic impact of the ongoing government shutdown, now in its 38th day, and its effect on labor market data and investor sentiment. Our expe...
Trick or Treat? Fed Slashes Rates but Future Uncertainty Dampens Spirits
Cynthia Honcharenko, Director of Fixed Income Portfolio Management, joins the podcast to deliver a report on this week’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting; ...
Play Ball: Fed Seems Poised To Cut Rates at Next Week’s FOMC Meeting
Amid the ongoing government shutdown, we look at alternate sources of data to draw a picture of what’s happening with inflation, the labor market, and home sales. Our ...
Risky Business: Credit Concerns Spook the Markets
The ongoing government shutdown delayed updates of the Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index, weekly unemployment claims, and retail sales. Still, there was plent...
Navigating Market Uncertainty: Rate Cuts, Gold Highs, and the Power of Hope
Speakers: Brian Pietrangelo, Managing Director of Investment Strategy George Mateyo, Chief Investment Officer Rajeev Sharma, Head of Fixed Income Stephen Hoedt, Head o...
An Economic Rundown of the Government Shutdown
Speakers:Brian Pietrangelo, Managing Director of Investment StrategyGeorge Mateyo, Chief Investment OfficerRajeev Sharma, Head of Fixed Income 00:54 – We review the ke...
The Economy Today: Birdie, Par or Bogey?
Joel Redmond, Managing Director of Business Advisory Services at Key Private Bank, joins the podcast this week to provide some insights and advice for business owners....