Brian Szytel is the Deputy Managing Partner and Co-CIO of The Bahnsen Group.
Jan 4, 2024 • 8 minutes
Generally positive markets this morning lost momentum throughout the trading day with the Dow closing completely flat and both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq down a pinch
Jan 11, 2024 • 9 minutes
Volatility came down, and markets were flat as a pancake as we got inflation numbers that were in line with Core CPI and then just barely above the Headline by a tenth for the month.
Jan 18, 2024 • 10 minutes
A positive morning of trading in markets gave way to losses mid-day, only to gain it all back and then some as we headed towards the close, ending up 200 points.
Jan 24, 2024 • 6 minutes
One key metric closely monitored by the Federal Reserve, The Taylor Rule, suggests that the Fed Funds Rate should currently be approximately 1% lower at 4.5%.
Jan 25, 2024 • 7 minutes
An overall positive trading day without a lot of volatility behind what was a pretty decent batch of economic data.
Feb 1, 2024 • 10 minutes
The Dow completely rebounded from yesterday's sell-off in stocks, and the bond market has now had two big days of gains in a row, with rates moving significantly lower across the curve.
Feb 6, 2024 • 10 minutes
Markets traded modestly higher following global markets, particularly China, where broad indices closed higher by over 3%.
Feb 7, 2024 • 10 minutes
A consistently positive trading day in markets today without a lot of new economic data out, but I suppose no news is good news, so we’ll take it.
Feb 8, 2024 • 8 minutes
Stocks rose modestly again today as we flirted with a five handle milestone on the SP500 intra day but closed just two points below.
Feb 13, 2024 • 9 minutes
We did come off the intra-day lows heading into the close, but a lot of this move felt overdone to me (both in yields and stocks.
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