First Financial Insights

Thus far, 2023 has been a confusing year. Certainly, the geopolitical landscape has been difficult, but overlaid on those headlines are alternating reports of a

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the simultaneous troubles afflicting First Republic Bank and now Credit Suisse can’t help but call into question the

Hope springs eternal, as they say, and many in the media are pushing the narrative that inflation has been vanquished – or is at least

Burton Malkiel is a widely respected economist who was trained at Harvard and Princeton University, where he currently teaches, served as dean of Yale School

The inflation news is confusing, and we want to take this opportunity to help clarify why. We’ll start with the fact that the Fed is

The Fed’s move this week (6/13/22 – 6/15/22) to increase the Fed Funds rate by 0.75% was a surprise, and the market hates surprises and

We start with the acknowledgement that multiple commentators are predicting a recession, and multiple sources – sometimes the same ones – are predicting a significant

Russia and Ukraine in Perspective We all awakened this morning, February 22nd, 2022, to what was assumed as inevitable – Russia would invade at least

This economic commentary comes at a year-end and, therefore, the beginning of a new year. It’s probably expected that we will recap what happened this

A paradox is a “situation, person or thing that combines contradictory features.” That is a perfect description for the stock market of the last several