The trade war between the US and China continued to be a focal point for capital markets during August. Early in the month, the Treasury Department formally labeled China a currency manipulator in response to the yuan’s recent... Read more »
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Keeping Cool in a Hot August
Published on Aug 16, 2019
Trade battles, volatile equity markets, ten-year US Treasury yield flirting with the yield of the two-year Treasury and briefly inverting, and other scary headlines. What to make of it, particularly the inverted yield curve talk?... Read more »
Who’s Driving?
Published on Aug 13, 2019
Amid the recent market volatility, driven by what we believe are trade and currency wars, there appears to be an important and ongoing struggle for leadership in interest rate policy. Three contenders apparently vie for the... Read more »
The Fed Restocks the Punchbowl
Published on Jul 30, 2019
If increasing interest rates is an action the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) undergoes seeking to reduce economic enthusiasm, especially to prevent the economy from overheating, then a rate cut is about keeping the party... Read more »
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News and Recognition
- August 20, 2018 Press Release: Steven Wasserman and Nicki Price Adams Join Roosevelt Investments
- January 2019 The Director: "When It Comes To Succession, We All Have Succession Issues" by Steven Wasserman
- October 30, 2019: Jason Benowitz, CFA was quoted in the article, “GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex, Pipeline Look Promising”