Fireside Charts: Unemployment Trends as States Reopen and Emerging Risks to Banks in the Coronavirus Era
May 29, 2020Nearly two million more Americans found themselves out of a job and applying for unemployment last week in the coronavirus-era trend that just won't quit (no pun intended). Continuing ...
Fireside Charts: Reopenings Spark Hope in the Markets, Corporate Debt Looms, and Conflict with China Reignites
May 27, 2020New York Governor Andrew Cuomo rang the bell to mark the reopening of the NYSE yesterday and the markets were quickly off to the races; the S&P 500® Index even briefly ...
Fireside Charts: P/E Ratios Reach New Highs and Emerging Markets May Present Opportunities
May 20, 2020While we've seen a partial recovery in the equity markets, volatility remains with over a quarter of the trading days so far in 2020 swinging 3% or more. That is well above levels we ...
Fireside Charts: COVID-19 Update as States Reopen, and Abysmal Retail Sales and Industrial Production Figures
May 18, 2020Now that nearly all states have some plan in place to reopen, we are kicking off this week with a COVID-19 update. Despite the fact that testing is still significantly limited and the ...
Fireside Charts: Slowing of COVID-19, Alphabet Soup of Recovery Predictions, Balance Sheet as Percent of GDP
May 15, 2020Happy Friday! As we wrap up the week we take a look at some positive news on the COVID-19 front. New cases in most European countries, in addition to China and South Korea, are ...
Fireside Charts: Top Concerns Among Equity Investors, Mortgage Delinquencies and Record-Setting Economic Data
May 13, 2020Stocks fell into the close today on bleak statements from Fed Chair Jerome Powell this morning in an online speech. He described the future as "highly uncertain and subject to ...
Fireside Charts: Equities Rise As Unemployment Hits New Highs... What's Driving the Rally?
May 11, 2020The U.S. unemployment rate clocked in at a disastrous 14.7% on Friday, hitting its highest point since the Depression. If that wasn't bad enough, the report shows that the U.S. lost ...
Fireside Charts: Unemployment, Unbothered Equities, and the Uncertain Path Forward
May 8, 2020It's jobs report day and we hate to break it to you, but the situation is... grim. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its ...
Fireside Charts: Grim Forecasts, the Equity Rally, and Reignited Tensions with China
May 6, 2020Halfway into an earnings season for the history books and analysts—much like the rest of the world—are still struggling to reach a consensus on what the future holds. The ...
Fireside Charts: Rent's Due, the 'Shale Death Zone', and a Warning Signal from the Bond Market
May 4, 2020If this month's rent or mortgage payment hurt a little more than usual, you aren't alone. Small businesses are struggling to keep up with expenses following the first full month since ...
