Market Commentary

Stay up-to-date on market news with regular insights from our Janney investment analysts and strategists to help you understand today’s markets and their investment implications.

  • Once More into the Breach

    Guy LeBas May 3, 2023

    Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more: the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee raised its target for overnight interest rates by 0.25% to a range of 5.00–5.25%, capping a total of 5.00% of tightening in little more than a year.

  • Murky Path Forward

    Guy LeBas March 23, 2023

    The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee raised its target for overnight interest rates 0.25%, although going into today’s meeting, economists’ forecasts were split between 0.25% and nothing; one bold group even forecast a rate cut.

  • Banking Turmoil Underscores Impact of Rate Hikes

    Guy LeBas March 13, 2023

    It’s not every day that a top 20 bank in the United States faces a takeover by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In fact, prior to March 2023, it had been 868 days without a bank failure—the longest stretch since the founding of the FDIC.

  • A Singular Obsession

    Guy LeBas February 1, 2023

    The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee raised its target for overnight interest rates by 0.25% to a range of 4.50–4.75%, the eighth consecutive meeting at which it raised rates for a total of 4.50% of tightening.

  • Penultimate?

    Guy LeBas December 14, 2022

    The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee raised their target for overnight interest rates 0.50%, as widely expected and as telegraphed by Fed Chair Jay Powell in a recent speech.

  • Short-Term Fixed Income Strategies as Rates Change

    Guy LeBas December 6, 2022

    An update for investors as they review their fixed income and cash strategies during this new interest rate regime.

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