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Can the Federal Reserve engineer a soft landing?

Can we talk about how crazy the first quarter of 2022 was? From Volodymyr Zelensky to Will Smith. The so-called “Don’t say gay” bill and the woefully mislabeled “Billionaires’ tax.” From the vetting of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Olympics (well, maybe not the Olympics), the world was buzzing about serious news and outright nutso…

By Allen Harris
April 11, 2022

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The ‘Fed put’ is dead

“Is this it? Is this the start of a 10-15 percent correction?” asked Dana, a client of mine. At the time of the question, the S&P 500 was down just about 5 percent from its recent high. Trying to sound empathetic and not cavalier, I shrugged and said, “Maybe.” I gave her the stats —…

By Allen Harris
January 24, 2022

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