Your premarket read — what moved overnight, and what it means for long-term investors. A 3-minute brief from Kodiak Capital Advisors. The Setup Consumer sentiment fell more than expected this morning, and the detail underneath it is the real story: how Americans feel about their finances right now dropped
Your premarket read — what moved overnight, and what it means for long-term investors. A 3-minute brief from Kodiak Capital Advisors. Note: I had some technical difficulties with ppublication yesterday, so I have done my best to update the letter to Tuesday's info, but I apologize if
Your premarket read — what moved overnight, and what it means for long-term investors. A 3-minute brief from Kodiak Capital Advisors. The Setup The September jobs report came in badly short: 29,000 jobs added, against roughly 85,000 expected. July and August were revised down by a combined
Your premarket read — what moved overnight, and what it means for long-term investors. A 3-minute brief from Kodiak Capital Advisors. The Setup Talks between Washington and Tehran stalled over the weekend, and oil is up about 4% because of it. That's this morning's headline,
Your premarket read — what moved overnight, and what it means for long-term investors. A 3-minute brief from Kodiak Capital Advisors. The Setup The 10-year Treasury yield touched roughly 5.16% yesterday, its highest since 2007. That number, not the stock tape, is the story of this week,
Your premarket read — what moved overnight, and what it means for long-term investors. A 3-minute brief from Kodiak Capital Advisors. The Setup Oil is falling for a fourth straight session and Treasury yields are easing back from their post-Fed highs. Cheaper energy and slightly cheaper money is
Your premarket read, what moved overnight, and what it means for long-term investors. A 3-minute brief from Kodiak Capital Advisors. The Setup August inflation landed at 8:30 this morning: consumer prices rose 0.4% in the month, putting the annual rate at 3.4%. Gasoline did most
Your premarket read — what moved overnight, and what it means for long-term investors. A 3-minute brief from Kodiak Capital Advisors. The Setup The number everyone was waiting for came in hot. American employers added 162,000 jobs in August against forecasts near 55,000, the strongest month since
Your premarket read — what moved overnight, and what it means for long-term investors. A 3-minute brief from Kodiak Capital Advisors. The Setup Two things happened since Friday's open, and they push the same direction. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh warned at Jackson Hole that inflation's
Your premarket read — what moved overnight, and what it means for long-term investors. A 3-minute brief from Kodiak Capital Advisors. The Setup At 10:00 this morning, Kevin Warsh delivers his first Jackson Hole keynote as Fed Chair. Since taking the job in May he has been criticized
Your premarket read — what moved overnight, and what it means for long-term investors. A 3-minute brief from Kodiak Capital Advisors. The Setup Friday, the American consumer finally flinched. July retail sales fell 0.6%, the first decline in nine months, and a wide miss against expectations of a