The ARC Asset Management team discusses the significant increase in investor expectations for Fed rate hikes, inflation cross currents, and provides their view of initial earnings reports as well their outlook as reporting season hits its full stride this week and next. The team also touches on the $US, global bond markets, and China.

With the S&P 500 at close to peak operating margins, the ARC Asset Management team unpacks the probability of margin headwinds as companies continue to face higher input prices and rising wages. We explore the latest CPI and consumer spending data and also discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Are equities the preferred asset class given the current inflationary environment? Join ARC's asset management team as they continue last week’s discussion about how inflation, interest rates, and credit spreads impact fixed income markets and whether equities offer a more compelling "yield" to help investors withstand the purchasing power erosion to savings and investments due to inflation. They also build on that discussion by highlighting some of the pressing risks within the equity markets and how the big interest rate increases since the last show might affect asset allocation decisions.

Are equities the preferred asset class given the current inflationary environment? Join ARC's asset management team as they discuss how inflation, interest rates, and credit spreads impact fixed income markets and whether equities offer a more compelling "yield" to help investors withstand the purchasing power erosion to savings and investments due to inflation.

Join ARC's Asset management team as they discuss the latest news from Ukraine. They dive into commodity markets, OPEC, and the EU's evolving energy situation. In addition, the team reviews key economic data including measures of inflation and consumer confidence, and the ever flattening Treasury yield curve.

Join ARC's Asset management team as they discuss the latest news from Ukraine, and the impact the war is having on financial markets. They deep dive into the Fed's first interest rate hike since 2018 along with the Fed's new economic projections. They also discuss measures of equity market and fixed income market uncertainty contextualized within the scope of recent market history.

The war in Ukraine is first and foremost a humanitarian crisis that we wish we would end. It is also substantially affecting financial markets. Join ARC's Asset management team as they discuss the latest news from Ukraine, the war's impact on energy prices and commodities broadly, inflation and inflation expectations, the Fed's daunting task of fighting inflation without causing a recession, and the implications for credit and equity markets.

Jean Paul Lagarde and Michael Thomas discuss the evolving Russia / Ukraine situation, intensifying sanctions and their effect on commodity prices, inflation, and inflation expectations. They dive into volatility markets to assess investor uncertainty across asset classes, as well as traditional risk metrics derived from credit markets. They also discuss last Friday's Jobs Report.

Jean Paul Lagarde and Michael Thomas discuss the evolving Russia / Ukraine situation in light of intensifying sanctions, and the effect they are having on commodity prices, inflation, and inflation expectations. We dive into the yield curve, Jerome Powell's testimony before congress, and the probable path of FED policy normalization.

Jean Paul Lagarde and Michael Thomas of ARC Asset Management discuss the Russia / Ukraine situation, the possible impacts to energy prices and inflation broadly, and the difficulties consumers face as wage increase are not keeping pace with inflation, leading to negative "real" wage growth. They also discuss the latest consumer confidence survey from the University of Michigan showing continued declines.