Markets Gained On Optimism – Equity Overview
Optimism deriving from continuing fiscal and monetary stimulus efforts in addition to vaccination progress, drove equites higher in the first quarter. Major equity indexes moved...
Category: Economy
What The Top 1% Really Owns – Demographics
Wealth, as measured by assets owned by individuals among all income brackets, surprisingly is not as perceived by most. Federal Reserve data show that the...
Stimulus Bill Provisions For Individuals – American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Economic Impact Payment (EIP) of $1400 per individual with an Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) of up to $75,000 based on 2019 tax returns or 2020...
Macro Economic Overview
The prospect of resurgent inflation has developed into a growing concern for markets globally. Some believe that current inflationary pressures may be transitory and not...
Food Prices On The Rise – Consumer Inflation
The price of food, from oranges to eggs to meat, increased at an annual rate of 3.9% in 2020 according to the Bureau of Labor...
Labor Market Overveiw
Data from the U.S. Department of Labor covering 38 years show that the average annual percentage of workers earning minimum wage is 6%. The data...
Fed Continues To Stabilize Interest Rates By Buying Bonds – Fixed Income Overview
The Federal Reserve signaled that it would continue its ambitious program of buying $120 billion of treasury and mortgage bonds each month. The bond buying...
How Stimulus Payments Are Treated For Tax Purposes
With over 160 million stimulus payments sent with the first round of pandemic relief efforts, many in receipt of the payments are asking whether the...
Macro Economic Overview
Stimulus payments from the second pandemic relief package were received in January and February, stirring economic activity and increasing personal incomes and expenditures. Some economists,...
Which Workers Are Calling In Sick
A growing number of U.S. workers are calling in sick to work as the fear of COVID infections has escalated for the past few weeks....