Brian Wesbury: U.S. Housing Market Update
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Two reports on home…
Prepare, Don’t Predict: Building Resilient Portfolios with Private Credit
For decades, investors climbed the 60/40 ladder with confidence. Now, every step feels less steady. High inflation that refuses to budge, interest rates that won’t come down anytime soon, and the growing correlation between stocks and bonds...
Are Abundant Reserves Paying for the CFPB?
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Back in 2008, the…
An Update on Covered Call Returns
by Bob Carey, Chief Market Strategist, First Trust Portfolios View from the Observation Deck Total assets invested in…
Would Trump Reignite Inflation?
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios One theory making the…
The Fed Faithful
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios If the financial markets…
The Worst Malinvestment
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Austrian Economics argues that…
Wesbury: Continued Growth in Q1
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios The economy continued to…
Wesbury: Elections Matter
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Many, us included, see…
Bob Carey: Gold, Silver, and the Miners
by Bob Carey, Chief Market Strategist, First Trust Portfolios View from the Observation Deck Today's blog post illustrates…
Is the Fed Tight, or Not?
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios In the waning seconds…
McGarel: A further broadening of the market is in order
by Dave McGarel, Chief Investment Officer, First Trust Portfolios In a market that has been driven significantly by…
The Fed Audit
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Several years ago some…
Brian Wesbury: Welcome to State-Run Capitalism
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios We’ve mentioned this before,…
Focused on the Fed
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios The Fed meets this…
Is the Job Market Really That Strong?
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios If you only look…
