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Where Did Inflation Go?

Where Did Inflation Go? Shouldn’t it be rising with all this bond buying? Consumer inflation just hit a 50-year low. So indicates the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge – the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index maintained by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.1 Besides tracking consumer inflation, the PCE price index measures household purchases, a major factor in GDP growth. The core PCE index does the same thing without including volatile food and energy prices. The broad PCE index hit [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:29-04:00July 11th, 2013|Business/Economic News, Personal Finance|Comments Off

Could the Bulls Still Run Without the Fed?

Could the Bulls Still Run Without the Fed? If the central bank ceased easing, could stocks continue their ascent? Could this bull market last with less help from the Federal Reserve? Is it propped up by the Fed’s stimulus, or strong enough to sustain itself if the central bank reduces its efforts? Some factors hint that the economy and the market may have a bit more strength than assumed, even with Q2 GDP projections being tempered. The real estate comeback [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:29-04:00June 26th, 2013|Business/Economic News, Stock Market|Comments Off

Has “Sell in May” Gone Away?

Has “Sell in May” Gone Away? Investors aren’t yet backing out of stocks this spring. Healthy skepticism hasn’t motivated much selling. An old belief has lingered on Wall Street for years – the belief that investors should get out of stocks in May and get back into stocks in October. But here we are in May – and while analysts are wondering how much more upward progress stocks can make, gains are still occurring. On May 9, the S&P 500 [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:30-04:00May 17th, 2013|Business/Economic News, Investing|Comments Off

What Does the Dow’s Record High Really Mean?

What Does the Dow’s Record High Really Mean? Does it signal anything more than bullish sentiment? Next stop, 15,000? As the Dow Jones Industrial Average settled at a new all-time high of 14,253.77 on March 5, the psychological lift on Wall Street was undeniable – the market was finally back to where it was in 2007. Or was it?1 For many Americans, the Dow equals the stock market, and the stock market is a direct product of the economy. It [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:30-04:00March 14th, 2013|Business/Economic News, Stock Market|Comments Off

Gauging the Sequester’s Impact

Gauging the Sequester’s Impact Where and how soon might the cuts be made? As there was no last-minute agreement between Congress and the White House to postpone federal budget cuts scheduled to take effect March 1, the ax now falls. Unless a bipartisan effort somehow undoes them, assorted federal government agencies will have their budgets reduced by $85 billion between now and October 1, as the initial step in a planned $1.2 trillion deficit trimming over the next ten years. [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:30-04:00March 7th, 2013|Business/Economic News, Congress|Comments Off