Posts by Kris Hsin
Despite continued market and geopolitical volatility, there is still a good case that the U.S. equity markets make up ground in the second half of the year.
Posted July 8, 2022 Q2 2022 continued to experience the effects of supply chain constraints, the tapering of Covid while ushering in peak inflation, course correction by the Federal Reserve’s…
Read MoreSupplier Prices Remain at Record High Levels
Posted May 19, 2022 On Thursday of this week, the U.S. Labor Department reported the Producer Price Index increased 11% in April from 1-year prior. The Producer Price Index is…
Read MoreQuarterly Review Q-1 2022
Posted April 14, 2022 – Q1 2022 marks President Joe Biden’s first full year in office. Q1 2022 under the Biden Administration saw the economy continue to recover amidst a…
Read MoreStrong March Jobs Report Send 2/10 Treasury Yields to Invert
Posted April 4, 2022 – The strong March jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, April 1st accelerated the 2-year treasury to 2.45% marking an inversion…
Read MoreCryptocurrency Trends
Posted March 29, 2022 Sound Planning Group CEO, David Stryzewski discussed cryptocurrency and bitcoin live on CoinDeck TV! Click below to watch the full interview. Financial Advisors to Remain Skeptical…
Read MoreJob Market Optimism
U.S Labor Department February Jobs Report – The U.S. Labor Department February jobs report on Friday, March 4, 2022, showed employers added 678,000 workers to their payrolls last month as adults joined the workforce at the highest rate in 7 months. The jobless rate fell from 4.0% to 3.8% in February, approaching 50-year lows of 3.5% (not seen since just before the pandemic).
Read MoreRussia Invades Ukraine
Posted February 22, 2022 Geopolitical Market Review – The markets continue to experience turbulence as Ukraine defends itself from Russia’s invasion. Heightened geopolitical risks on top of the anticipated unwinding…
Read MoreSaudi Arabia, U.S. Frackers, and U.S. Margin Debt
Posted February 22, 2022 The Unsuspecting Drivers of U.S. Inflation and Market Volatility As U.S consumers continue to feel the pinch of rising costs on everything from food, gasoline, apparel,…
Read MoreRisk vs. Inflation
Posted January 14, 2022 Inflation – CPI All Items Hits Highest Annual Rate of Change Since June 1982 On Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s…
Read MoreQ4 Quarterly Commentary 2021
Posted December 30, 2021 – As we near the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, it also marks the end of Biden’s first full year in office. The fourth…
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