Today is Friday, March 16th. Here's what we've been watching this past week, and what's in store for investors in the week ahead. U.S. politics: special election in Pennsylvania. Economic news: labor report, retail sales and the upcoming 2-day Fed meeting.

Each week, we preview events that we believe will impact markets. Here's what we're looking at for the upcoming week: the impact and implications of the announced tariffs to trade, key inflation data and an update on small business and consumer sentiment.

Today is Friday, March 2nd, and here's what we're looking at for the upcoming week. While US politics has been front and center over the past few months with investors focusing on domestic tax reform, global trade, and budget deals, next week the political spotlight shifts to Europe. Here in the US, Friday's labor market report will be closely watched for both its implications on growth and inflation.

Each week, we preview events that we believe will impact markets. Here's what we're looking at for the upcoming week: Core PCE inflation for January, consumer income and spending reports for January and ISM Manufacturing for February.

Here in New York, snow last weekend gave way to balmy 70-degree weather by mid-week. But it's not just the weather that has been heating up. The US economic outlook, which was already on solid footing, has been further buoyed by fiscal stimulus. First from the passage of tax reform, and then from $300 billion of extra spending from the government's budget deal.

Investment theory is based on the assumption that investors are rational, and that markets are efficient. While it is convenient to assume that investors behave according to models that were created by mathematicians, the reality is pretty different.

We recently published the next edition of "Our Energy Future". In it, we pose the question: If we build energy supplies, will they come? Join Nicki Decker, Energy Equity Sector Strategist and Jay Dobson, MLP and Utilities Equity Sector Strategist as they discuss this new publication.

Each week we preview events that we believe will impact markets in the coming week. For next week, we will focus our attention on the FOMC Meeting Minutes and the continuing fourth quarter earnign season.

On this video podcast, we review our 2018 fixed income outlook and recommendation, which was published in January's Fixed Income Strategist, entitled "Passing the Baton" and discuss February's Fixed Income Strategist "Weathering the Storm", which was recently published.

Today is Friday, February 9th, and here's what's coming up next week. First, we have the ongoing fourth-quarter earnings season. Also, on the economic front, we'll be closely watching next week's consumer and producer price index releases.