Uncategorized  /  April 19, 2022

Colleen Kelleher Sorrentino shares a Market Update on the Impact of the Ukraine Crisis with Portfolio Summits RIA

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Finance  /  April 14, 2022

By Tom Burnett CFA With help from the Research Department of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, we will attempt to explain in broad outline form how the Fed manages its balance sheet assets and liabilities. The research materials from the St. Louis Fed are available on line for readers who would like…

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Finance  /  April 13, 2022

By Tom Burnett CFA On April 13, 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the Producer Price Index (“PPI”) for March. The PPI rose 1.4% for the month, following increases of 0.9% in February and 1.2% in January. For the 12 months ended March 2022, the PPI rose 11.2%, the highest figure since…

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Finance  /  April 12, 2022

By Tom Burnett CFA On April 12, 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the Consumer Price Index data for March. The Index rose 1.2% from the prior month and is now up 8.5% from a year earlier. The increase in February was 0.8% and the March figure was the highest since the 0.9% increase...

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Finance  /  April 11, 2022

By Tom Burnett CFA According to the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”) in its April 4, 2022, press release, total options trading volume in the first quarter was the highest quarterly volume ever recorded. March volume was the second highest monthly volume ever recorded. March total volume was…

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