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The Impact of Trade Tension, Fed Comments on The Markets – It was a wild day on Wall Street. We spoke to Bryce Doty, Senior Vice President, SIT investment Associates about how tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods and comments from the Fed Chair, Jerome Powell impacted the markets.

Powell’s only vow remains to ‘act as appropriate’ Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell again pledged the central bank “will act as appropriate to sustain the expansion,” saying there were “no recent precedents to guide” policy decisions. Markets were relieved he didn’t rule out cuts, but disappointed he didn’t suggest more were coming. Read more […]

Stocks Climb on Strong Retail Earnings Investors are awaiting minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting for clues on interest-rate policy U.S. stocks surged Wednesday after strong earnings reports from retailers eased some fears about slowing economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 climbed about 1% apiece shortly after the opening […]

The trade war continues with no deal in sight – Yahoo Finance’s Dan Roberts, Scott Gamm, and Anjalee Khemlani were joined by Bryce Doty of Sit Investment Associates, to talk developments in the trade negotiations between the U.S. and China.

How should investors allocate their portfolio in this uncertain market? – Wells Fargo Investment Institute’s Darrell Cronk and Sit Fixed Income Advisors Senior Vice President Bryce Doty on the state of the retail sector, concerns about the U.S. economic outlook and how to invest in this market environment.

Two-year Treasury yield logs biggest daily rise in five weeks after signs of trade progress Hong Kong, Argentina still provide need for safe haven assets Short-term U.S. Treasury yields jumped on Tuesday after reports of progress in U.S.-China trade negotiations sapped demand for safe assets like bonds. Read more here: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/long-term-treasury-yields-deepen-plunge-to-multiyear-lows-2019-08-13

Broad-based inflation gains unlikely to repeat While the consumer price index climbed 0.3% in July, as did the core rate, the broad-based increases are unlikely to continue, according to analysts. The Federal Reserve shrugs off single month spikes or drops, and therefore, hasn’t impacted greatly the market’s belief the Fed will again cut rates 25 […]

Going Public: What’s the Best Option for Your Cannabis Business? A primer on IPOs and RTOs for North American cannabis companies. This is Part II of a two-part series on taking your company public. Part I of the series—“Going Public: Are You Ready?” (including a 7-point checklist)—ran in Cannabis Business Times’ July issue. So, you […]