How the Numbers Smother the Warning Sirens
Last week’s significant economic news – the positive GDP report and the hugely revised unemployment report – all but guarantees what the Fed will do next. So let’s discuss why markets reacted the way they did on Friday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow both losing more than 1.2% and the Nasdaq and Russell 200 tanking about 2% each. Then I’ll explain what all of this means for our portfolios.