📑 Research Notes for 2022-07-25
This week, we look at the effects from rising interest rates, Russia's central bank actions, what S&P 500 stocks are pricing in, and retail investor activity.
We conduct extensive investment research and share the most interesting content that we come across every week. Here is a curated list of this week’s top observations.
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Interest-Rate Pain From Higher Inflation Has Barely Begun.
Inflation hurts for many reasons, but one of the most important is that it usually means higher interest rates. Yet in the past year, while inflation has jumped 7 percentage points, the Fed’s short-term interest-rate target has gone up just 1.5 points and the 10-year Treasury note yield just 1.9 points.
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Russian Central Bank Slashes Key Rate to 8%.
Russia's central bank cut its key interest rate by a bigger-than-expected 1.5 percentage points to 8.0% on Friday and said it would study the need for more cuts as inflation slows and an economic contraction continues for longer than previously thought.
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A Lot Of S&P 500 Stocks Haven't Priced In The Recession Narrative.
Lisa Shalett, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management CIO, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss what the ECB's decision to raise rates means for markets, how Shalett is currently advising the company's clients, and more.
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Retail Investors Are Ploughing Money Into The Market.
Gunjan Banerji, markets reporter at the Wall Street Journal, joins ‘The Exchange’ to explain why retail investors are investing more money into the market despite the ongoing volatility.
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Last Week’s Market Performance Heatmap
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Curated by Joseph Lu, CFA®
Joseph is the founder and managing director of Conscious Capital Advisors and a CFA® Charterholder.
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