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  By: DOUGLAS A. RILEY, CFA, PORTFOLIO MANAGER Probably the biggest takeaway from the recently concluded Jackson Hole economic conference was Fed Chair Jerome Powell all but guaranteeing a cut in the Fed Funds rate at the September 17th Federal Reserve Board meeting. Underpi...

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By: DOUGLAS A. RILEY, CFA, PORTFOLIO MANAGER July was another busy month on the tariff front. The big breakthrough was an agreement with the European Union. Like the “framework” deal with China, which was extended again, details of the EU tariff deal are vague with further ne...

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JULY 2025 MARKET INSIGHTS By: DOUGLAS A. RILEY, CFA, PORTFOLIO MANAGER What a month June was! So much has happened around the globe that the biggest challenge in writing this month’s Market Insights is picking what to focus on. Technically, the “Big Beautiful Bill” d...

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JUNE 2025 MARKET INSIGHTS By: DOUGLAS A. RILEY, CFA, PORTFOLIO MANAGER Someone recently joked to me that the BBB or “Triple-B”, short for Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” was a forecast for the US’ sovereign credit rating. While that may be extreme, it...

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MARKET INSIGHTS JANUARY 2025 By: ANTHONY MINOPOLI, PRESIDENT & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER We can put another year in the books! With 2024 coming to a close, there will be any number of market recaps for us all to review and consider what this means for 2025…and beyond. We sti...

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  Congratulations on John Seguin for earning the November agent of the month!

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MARKET INSIGHTS NOVEMBER 2024 By: ANTHONY MINOPOLI, PRESIDENT & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER With my apologies and your forgiveness, I am writing Market Insights on November 6th. I figured with the election it was worth the wait! I am a little surprised but pleased that we know the wi...

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By: Tony Minopoli, President & CIO of Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors Well, half of the year is in the bag! The Bloomberg 500 Total Return Index returned 15.1% for the first six months of the year. When looking at styles, the Bloomberg 1000 Growth Index returned 17.6% a...

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