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July 2023

 Investors are ebullient that the Fed has orchestrated a soft landing, yet corporate profits have declined for three consecutive quarters, and the leading economic indicators continue to deteriorate. Since monetary policy acts with a lag, and credit growth will continue to decline due to the regional bank crisis, we expect economic growth to slow and corporate profits to disappoint.

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July 2023

 Investors are ebullient that the Fed has orchestrated a soft landing, yet corporate profits have declined for three consecutive quarters, and the leading economic indicators continue to deteriorate. Since monetary policy acts with a lag, and credit growth will continue to decline due to the regional bank crisis, we expect economic growth to slow and corporate profits to disappoint.

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April 2023

Should Investors Sell in May and Go Away? We believe the economy is on the verge of recession, and the next leg of the Bear Market is imminent.

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March 2023

Stocks have a poor risk-reward and offer a historically low equity risk premium. A 4.9% risk-free rate is great.

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January 2023

Stocks are in a bear market, and we estimate that the economy will enter a mild recession this year. 

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December 2022

The S&P 500 rallied 17% higher over the past 8-weeks due to favorable seasonality and positive fund flows. We expect the bear market to resume when the year-end rally ends in January.

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October 2022

The Fed's mistakes created the worst year for balanced investors since the Great Depression. Is the worst over?

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September 2022

Don't Fight the FED!

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