August 2018 - Sheaff Briefs

24 Aug

Midterm Elections and the Market

Concerned about possible effects of the political scene on the stock market, investors are eying the upcoming 2018 midterm elections with some caution. In fact, Sheaff Brock Managing Director Dave Gilreath pointed out in a recent Knowledge Builder presentation, midterm elections have been inflection points for equity markets in the past regardless of which party won or lost! Source: Strategas Research  True, there has always been a correction during a midterm year, but the interesting thing, Gilreath notes, is that the [...]

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Graphic depiction of the Yield Curve | Sheaff Brock

13 Aug

What’s All This About the Yield Curve?

“The yield curve is not indicating a recession,” the Conference Board’s Consumer Research Center concluded. True, interest rates have begun to inch up, “flattening” the curve. Still, as Sheaff Brock Managing Director Dave Gilreath explains in April’s Knowledge Builder webinar, rates do not appear to be heading towards an “inverted yield curve” (in which short-term rates are higher than long-term rates, a situation that historically has come before a recession). According to Strategas Research, rates “should still be upward [...]

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Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors | Climbing the Wall of Worry about Interest Rates | Rock Climber

06 Aug

Are Investors Climbing a “Wall of Worry” About Interest Rates?

“So, as has been the case during most of the bouts of nervousness in recent years, there is no shortage of things to worry about,” writes the Calafia Beach Pundit, in answer to a question about the proverbial “Wall of Worry,” admitting that every significant decline in stock prices in recent years has coincided with a spike in market nervousness. To date, however, the author points out, all the current "panic attacks" have proven to be unfounded; the economy [...]