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Wally

BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Dow was looking better then went south. Still, not too bad when you factor in all the recent bad news.
 
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Up In Smoke

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It's been a long time coming. The Fed has got to raise rates and trim the massive balance sheet. With less sugar pumped into the market and access to capital becoming more expensive, companies will have to get used to lessor profits or look inward for cost savings. In the long run, this is the best thing for our economy.
 

rickyb

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richard wolff always warned the money printing went into the stock market in part. he said if they ever sold and got out we'd have inflation.
 

Wally

BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns

Through Friday, the S&P 500 was down 13% for 2022 and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate bond index—largely U.S. Treasurys, highly rated corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities—was off 9.5%. That puts them on track for their biggest simultaneous drop in Dow Jones Market Data going back to 1976.
 

Through Friday, the S&P 500 was down 13% for 2022 and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate bond index—largely U.S. Treasurys, highly rated corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities—was off 9.5%. That puts them on track for their biggest simultaneous drop in Dow Jones Market Data going back to 1976.
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Up In Smoke

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So far 275 of the S&P 500 companies have reported first quarter earnings. The earnings are up 10.1% year over year and much higher than the 6.4% expected. 80.4% of those companies have beaten estimates which is higher than the 66% average but lower than the 83% from the past four quarters. Higher labor and capital costs are high on these companies concerns list. I can echo their concerns when looking at our own books. Small to medium businesses rely so heavily on affordable and available capital to make month to month purchases and payroll. The big boys have big pockets and shareholders to even out the rough parches but small businesses rely on their creditors.
 

bbsam

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So far 275 of the S&P 500 companies have reported first quarter earnings. The earnings are up 10.1% year over year and much higher than the 6.4% expected. 80.4% of those companies have beaten estimates which is higher than the 66% average but lower than the 83% from the past four quarters. Higher labor and capital costs are high on these companies concerns list. I can echo their concerns when looking at our own books. Small to medium businesses rely so heavily on affordable and available capital to make month to month purchases and payroll. The big boys have big pockets and shareholders to even out the rough parches but small businesses rely on their creditors.
That sounds like a system where the rich get richer.
 

Brownslave688

You want a toe? I can get you a toe.

Through Friday, the S&P 500 was down 13% for 2022 and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate bond index—largely U.S. Treasurys, highly rated corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities—was off 9.5%. That puts them on track for their biggest simultaneous drop in Dow Jones Market Data going back to 1976.
Add in the inflation and the markets buying power in 2022. Ooooffffff
 
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