A Mild Recession and S&P 4,500
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Very early this year…
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...
Wesbury: Greedy Innkeeper or Generous Capitalist?
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios The Bible story of…
What Should the Fed Do? How About Nothing?
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios For the first time…
Disinflation, Not Deflation
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios New home prices are…
Growth Vs. Value Investing
by Bob Carey, Chief Market Strategist, First Trust Portfolios View from the Observation Deck We update this post…
Argentina: Is the Pendulum Swinging, Again?
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios When Argentina entered the…
Consumer Spending Set for Slower Growth
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Now that we’re about…
A snapshot of bond valuations
by Bob Carey, Chief Market Strategist, First Trust Portfolios View from the Observation Deck Today’s blog post is…
Government Is Too Darn Big
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Two weeks ago, the…
It’s the Same Bear Market
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios The S&P 500 closed…
Big Government Weighing on Growth
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios At the end of…
Crisis Management Government Leads to No Good
by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist, & Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios Back in 2008, Ben…
Brian Wesbury: US Fiscal Policy: A Looming Reckoning
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios…
Don’t Fall for the Q3 Head-Fake
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios…
Higher Rates & A Shutdown On The Menu
by Brian S. Wesbury – Chief Economist & Robert Stein, CFA – Deputy Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios…
