Resources
In an effort to fulfill our mission of educating all on the benefits of a healthy financial lifestyle, we offer our insights and resources. Our ‘Vestbridge Weekly Update’ is published weekly and provides critical insight into current events.
As a trusted voice in the industry, we also offer some of our published Guides free to the public, and we offer other materials also listed below.
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The Federal Reserve’s Inflation Problem is due to Federal Government Spending
“Don’t fight the Fed” is a stock market mantra that has proven true thus far in 2023. The Federal Reserve’s campaign to halt inflation has been implemented by 11 interest rate hikes amounting to a cumulative 5% increase in the Federal Funds rate.
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10-Year Break-out or Fake-out?
October 26, 2023 It’s rare for the bond market to dominate headlines versus stocks, but that is the case lately as the 10-Year US Treasury yield has tested 5%. While short term US Treasury yields have been well above 5% for months, the long end of the yield curve has been lower than the short…
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US Households’ Balance Sheets are Strong, But What About the Government’s?
Heading into 2023, there was near-unanimous consensus from Wall Street that the US economy would veer into a recession. Yet throughout the year, US GDP has only strengthened thanks to persistently strong consumer spending.
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Inflation Is Over – What Comes Next?
By Dr. George Calhoun – Vestbridge Advisors, Inc. Advisory Board Member Executive Director of the Hanlon Financial Systems Center
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Happy Columbus Day 2023!
“Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore at the rim of a far flung sky.”
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2023 3rd Quarter Review
Market expectations have shifted to embrace the “soft economic landing” narrative, however the economic strength that has postponed a recession has also given the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) leeway to keep interest rates elevated for a longer period.
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The Flawed CPI The Fallacy Of Year-Over-Year Inflation Reporting
By Dr. George Calhoun – Vestbridge Advisors, Inc. Advisory Board Member Executive Director of the Hanlon Financial Systems Center
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UAW Strikes – Pumping the Economic Brakes or Hitting the Gas?
On September 15, more than 12,000 autoworkers from the United Autoworkers Union (UAW) walked off the job as contract negotiations with Ford, GM, and Jeep-maker Stellantis have yet to produce a new contract for the 146,000 active union members at the three companies.
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US Sovereign Credit Rating Outlook Downgrade by Moody’s Ratings
Over the weekend, Moody’s Investors Service, one of the three main credit rating agencies, signaled the US Sovereign Credit Rating could be subject to a future downgrade by changing the assigned Outlook from Neutral to Negative.
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Earnings Matter Again
September 8, 2023 The Fed has hiked rates eleven times since March 2022. The driving force behind the market’s ups and downs since then has been Federal Reserve policy and inflation data, with corporate earnings yielding center stage. The focus on macroeconomic data and central bank policy was warranted coming off an unprecedented global shutdown…
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