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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week Ending June 2, 2017
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending June 2nd, 2017 Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear United States: Consistent with several regional purchasing managers (Chicago, Philadelphia) indices released over the past few weeks, growth in the manufacturing sector continues to improve. The May ISM came in at 54.9 (top graph). When we…
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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending May 26th, 2017
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending May 26th, 2017 Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear United States: Much like earlier reported new home sales, the slight drop in existing home sales reported for April does little to dispel the notion that the housing market is building strong momentum. (1) While overall…
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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending May 19th, 2017
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending May 19th, 2017 Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear United States: The LEI increased 0.3 percent in April, its eighth consecutive month recording a gain. Six of the components added to the topline figure, while two subtracted from it. (1) Stock prices, which had positively…
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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending May 12th, 2017
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending May 12th, 2017 Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear United States: For the fifth consecutive month, and easily beating expectations, import prices increased in April. Petroleum prices, up 1.6 percent, more than reversed a modest decline in March. Excluding petroleum, import prices increased 0.4 percent…