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In the Markets – Week-Ending December 23rd
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending December 16th Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: Consumer sentiment rose for the second month in a row in December. While consumers’ assessment of current conditions fell slightly, their expectations of future economic conditions improved, climbing 0.6 points. (1) While hard economic data continues to point…
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In the Markets – Week-Ending December 16th
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending December 16th Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates for the first time this year and forecast a steeper path for borrowing costs in 2017, saying inflation expectations have increased “considerably” and suggesting the labor market is tightening. The Federal…
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In the Markets – Week-Ending December 9th
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending December 9th Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: Private companies added a net 216,000 positions during the month, smashing the 165,000 estimate from economists surveyed by Reuters and marking the best month since June. The number was nearly double the 119,000 in October, which was…
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In the Markets – Week-Ending December 2nd
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending December 2nd Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: Following a surge in the third quarter in private nonresidential construction, the pace of spending slowed to start Q4. Spending on residential construction showed some signs of strengthening in the fourth quarter. (1) The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller…
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In the Markets – Week-Ending November 25th
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending November 25th Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: U.S. stocks notched fresh records, capping a week when the Dow Jones Industrial Average breached 19000 for the first time. It is the third consecutive week of gains for stocks as investors have bet on expectations for reduced…
