September is typically a tough months for markets. This year is fulfilling on that promise of weakness & volatility as equity markets have been reminiscent of a popular ice cream flavor the past two weeks- Rocky Road! As we noted last week, there are quite a few major events happening in September and once they […]

A sure sign of the passing of time these days is the release of monthly inflation reports. August 2023’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) were released this week and the results were..well, mixed. Let’s look at CPI first. Month over month, headline CPI rose 0.6%. The core metric (excluding volatile food […]