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Although bond yields have come down since Bill Ackman and Bill Gross said the US economy was slowing, the advance PMI for the US shows surprising strength  

The market is in risk-off mode and likely to finish September with a loss. Blame seasonality, as well as a slew of singular threats.

The Biden Administration is now evaluating a wider chip ban on China, so NVIDIA, AMD, and other semiconductor stocks got hit with profit-taking this week. 

Interest rates were remarkably calm in the last week of March. The market was in the process of shifting focus from the banking sector back to economic data. It just so happened that last week was light on data. This week was quite the opposite. The first week of any given month often brings several of the most meaningful monthly economic releases.  These include reports from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and most notably, the Employment Situation (more commonly referre...

For Nottingham Advisors, October may just yet mark the beginning of the end for inflationary pressures here in the U.S. 

It's certainly already been an interesting year for financial markets--especially for housing and interest rates. But most of what's happened over the past 8 months could be thought of as the more predictable phase of the post-pandemic market cycle. It's what happens next that'll be more interesting. How could anyone say that the last 8 months have been predictable when rates have risen at the fastest pace in decades to the highest levels in more than 14 years?&a...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 2 May 2021 The latest Purchasing Managers Index in manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors by the Central Bank of Nigeria showed that there was general improvement in the sectors in February. According to the personal statements of members of the Monetary Policy Committee released by the CBN, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed that the PMI rose in February. “The employment level index component of the manufacturing and nonmanufacturing PMIs al...

EIPC Technical Snapshot: Business Outlook A headline in a Sunday newspaper had caught John Ling’s eye as he composed the invitation to this fourth EIPC seminar: “Now, more than ever, we need to talk.” “Better communication with colleagues can help in these turbulent times. Manufacturing industry continues, in spite of all the obstacles, and the need to keep informed has not lessened. Thus, it is that EIPC has decided to...