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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending April 7th , 2017
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending April 7th, 2017 Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: The ISM non-manufacturing index signaled economic growth cooled a bit in March. The index fell 2.4 points but, at 55.2, continues to indicate that the economy is expanding at a decent clip, despite expectations for…
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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending March 31st , 2017
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending March 31st, 2017 Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: Pending home sales, which are contract signings that lead closings by one to two months, jumped 5.5 percent in February, recouping all of January’s 2.8 percent loss. (1) Strength in contract signings was broad-based,…
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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending March 24th , 2017
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending March 24th , 2017 Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: Existing home sales slipped 3.7 percent in February but are still off to a strong start to the year. The decline was somewhat expected following January’s surprisingly strong 3.3 percent increase but February’s report…
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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending March 17th
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending March 17th Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: Overall net TIC outflows totaled $42.8 billion in December. Foreign private investors’ appetite for U.S. securities weakened, selling $57.1 billion in December. Much of the selloff was concentrated in Treasuries and equities. Foreign official investors purchased a…
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In the Markets – Week-Ending March 10th
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending March 10th Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: The U.S. economy added a robust 235,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department said Friday. (1) The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.7% from 4.8% in the previous month. It’s a vast improvement from 2009, when unemployment…
