Wesbury: The Economy Is Resilient. The Fed’s Reforms Are “Wimpy.”
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios In spite…
November 3, 2026
Solid Real GDP Growth in Q3
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios We estimate…
October 26, 2026
Faster Decisions, No Compromise: Inside BMO Insurance’s SmartDecision
BMO Insurance's Katarina Nikolic, on how SmartDecision delivers market leading real-time underwriting decisions up to $5-million, which eliminates delays and uncertainty in the decision-making process.
Wesbury: Friedman vs Woodford
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Milton Freidman…
October 19, 2026
Rate Hike Likely Deferred to December
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist, Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Only one month…
October 6, 2026
The Conviction Gap: What Most Advisor Portfolios Are Missing at the Core
Most advisor portfolios mistake active weight for manager conviction. Franklin Templeton's five-factor core equity suite fixes that, starting with a proprietary conviction signal that extracts what managers actually believe.
Strong Jobs Report Raise Odds of Rate Hike
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Before Friday’s…
September 8, 2026
Government Failure and Socialism
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios The biggest…
August 17, 2026
Warsh Deserves Time
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Kevin Warsh…
August 4, 2026
Wesbury: More of the Same
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios The more…
July 27, 2026
Warsh Has the Fed Right Where He Wants It
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios We’re back…
July 20, 2026
Wesbury: Is US Democracy at Risk?
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios As we…
July 13, 2026
Wesbury: America’s 3.5-Second Miracle
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios In 1852,…
July 6, 2026
Alan Greenspan, RIP
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios…
June 30, 2026
New Leadership, New Direction
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios…
June 23, 2026
Is Productivity Growth Picking Up?
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios…
June 15, 2026
Are Rate Hikes on the Way?
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios…
June 8, 2026