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Weekly Market CommentaryNovember 9th, 2026The Markets Investors reoriented themselves.Navigating in the mountains can be a complicated task. Hikers can become disoriented when they run into overlapping ridges, overgrown trails, or unexpected weather. Knowing how to...

Weekly Market Commentary November 2nd, 2026 The Markets The bill eventually comes due. Credit is a powerful tool. It lets families borrow to buy homes, pay for education, and afford medical care. It lets businesses expand operations, develop new products, and purchase...

Weekly Market CommentaryOctober 26th, 2026The Markets Markets hate uncertainty.Last week, there was a lot of uncertainty. Technology stocks rallied and retreated. Defensive sectors gained and lost ground. Stock market gyrations reflected the markets’ uneasiness. The...

Weekly Market CommentaryOctober 19th, 2026The Markets One thing leads to another.In 2009, a team of domino builders in the Netherlands attempted to topple 4.8 million dominoes. Just 4.4 million fell, but that was enough to set a Guinness World Record that stands...

Weekly Market CommentaryOctober 12th, 2026The Markets We’ve been here before.Financial markets work because people have different beliefs. Every trade needs a buyer who expects a stock to rise and a seller who expects it to fall. That tension doesn’t hurt the system....

Weekly Market CommentaryOctober 5th, 2026The Markets Traveling a bumpy roadEarly in the third quarter, markets moved ahead enthusiastically. However, the road got rougher later in the quarter as investors pondered inflation, oil prices, interest rates, and other...

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Weekly Market CommentarySeptember 21st, 2026The Markets Interest rates rose, and markets reacted.With inflation running well above the target rate, the Federal Reserve (Fed) chose to raise the federal funds rate last week. Interest rates are one of the primary tools...

Weekly Market CommentarySeptember 14th, 2026The Markets The influence of supply and demand.Last week offered a lesson in supply and demand, along with a reminder that financial markets are always looking to the future. As disruptions in the Middle East squeezed oil...

The United States Treasury market is the biggest and most liquid government bond market in the world.