Insights and Updates from Pacific Investment Research

Everyone's Talking About: The Fed

By: Nathaniel Hoskin Jul 19, 2019

Today marks the last day before the Federal Reserve's media blackout leading up to their July meeting. The meeting takes place on the 30th and 31st, and..

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Cautiously Optimistic or Confidently Bullish - The meaning behind the S&P's $3,000 mark

By: Nathaniel Hoskin Jul 17, 2019

Today, as of 12:37 PM Eastern Time, the S&P 500 has a valuation of $2996.3. Yesterday, as well as the day before, the S&P sat just above the $3,000 mark,..

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Why are investors taking on risk despite the red flags?

By: Nathaniel Hoskin Jul 16, 2019

July has seen a return to form as investors take on more risk in light of a dovish fed and the trade truce. There has been a general exodus out of..

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Market Commentary - Week ending July 12, 2019

By: Nathaniel Hoskin Jul 15, 2019
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Day 3 of negative equity markets. What's next?

By: Nathaniel Hoskin Jul 09, 2019

As of writing this post, the S&P is sitting at -.09% for the day, having recovered some early losses in the trading day. The Dow is even farther down, at  ..

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Market Commentary - Week ending July 5, 2019

By: Nathaniel Hoskin Jul 08, 2019
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Why good news is sinking the markets

By: Nathaniel Hoskin Jul 05, 2019

Usually, when the Jobs Report comes out with huge positive gains, treasury yields rise, and non-farm payrolls exceed expectations, the stock market goes..

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Quarterly Market Update - Q2 2019

By: Nathaniel Hoskin Jul 01, 2019

In the markets:

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This market rally may be the riskiest one yet

By: Nathaniel Hoskin Jun 27, 2019

The current valuation of the S&P 500 and other indexes can only be justified if two things happen before 2020: the Federal Reserve must lower the federal..

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The longest days of the year have been busy ones

By: Nathaniel Hoskin Jun 25, 2019

Stocks are trading slightly lower today, under pressure from a couple of angles. Most notable are the Fed Chair Jerome Powell's upcoming meeting at the..

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