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Monthly Macro Monitor: Well Worried

By |2019-10-23T15:08:28-04:00March 26th, 2019|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Markets|

Don't waste your time worrying about things that are well worried. Well worried. One of the best turns of phrase I've ever heard in this business that has more than its fair share of adages and idioms. It is also one of the first - and best - lessons I learned from my original mentor in this business. The things [...]

Global Asset Allocation Update

By |2019-10-23T15:07:25-04:00July 25th, 2018|Alhambra Portfolios, Alhambra Research, Bonds, Markets|

Note: This will be a short update. We are shifting the timing of some of our reports. The monthly Global Asset Allocation update will now be published in the first week of the month, aiming for the first of each month. I’ll put out a full report next week. The Bi-Weekly Economic Review is shifting to a monthly update, published [...]

Bi-Weekly Economic Review: Welcome To The Slowdown

By |2019-10-23T15:09:12-04:00July 6th, 2018|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Markets, Stocks|

Welcome to the slowdown. It isn't much - yet - and it may just be a passing phase, but there is little doubt that the US economy has slowed somewhat. The rise in short term interest rates has stalled and the long end of the curve has rallied. The result is a flatter yield curve but it isn't the flatness [...]

Bi-Weekly Economic Review: As Good As It Gets?

By |2019-10-23T15:09:14-04:00June 5th, 2018|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Taxes/Fiscal Policy|

In the last update I wondered if growth expectations - and growth - were breaking out to the upside. 10 year Treasury yields were well over the 3% threshold that seemed so ominous and TIPS yields were nearing 1%, a level not seen since early 2011. It looked like we might finally move to a new higher level of growth. [...]

Global Asset Allocation Update: The Certainty of Uncertainty

By |2019-10-23T15:07:28-04:00April 13th, 2018|Alhambra Portfolios, Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Markets, Stocks|

There is no change to the risk budget this month. For the moderate risk investor, the allocation to bonds is 50%, risk assets 45% and cash 5%. Stocks continued their erratic ways since the last update with another test of the February lows that are holding - for now. While we believe growth expectations are moderating somewhat (see the Bi-Weekly Economic [...]

Bi-Weekly Economic Review: Who You Gonna Believe?

By |2019-10-23T15:09:46-04:00December 5th, 2017|Alhambra Research, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Taxes/Fiscal Policy|

We've had a pretty good run of data recently and with the tax bill passing the Senate one would expect to see markets react positively, to reflect renewed optimism about economic growth. We have improving economic data on pretty much a global basis. It isn't a boom by any stretch of the imagination but there is no doubt that the [...]

Bi-Weekly Economic Review: Maximum Optimism?

By |2019-10-23T15:09:49-04:00October 6th, 2017|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Markets, Stocks|

The economic reports of the last two weeks were generally of a more positive tone. The majority of reports were better than expected although it must be noted that many of those reports were of the sentiment variety, reflecting optimism about the future that may or may not prove warranted. Markets have certainly responded to the dreams of tax reform [...]

Global Asset Allocation Update: Step Away From The Portfolio

By |2019-10-23T15:07:33-04:00September 22nd, 2017|Alhambra Portfolios, Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Real Estate, Stocks, Taxes/Fiscal Policy|

There is no change to the risk budget this month. For the moderate risk investor, the allocation between risk assets and bonds is unchanged at 50/50. There are no changes to the portfolios this month. The post Fed meeting market reaction was a bit surprising in its intensity. The actions of the Fed were, to my mind anyway, pretty much [...]

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