Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of November 27, 2023)
Blue-Chip spreads rally as investors bet Fed is done hiking. Blue-chip spreads tighten to the lowest since February 2022. The average...
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Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Nov 18
- 1 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of November 13, 2023)
US Producer Prices decline by most since April 2020 on gasoline. Prices paid to producers sank 0.5% in October, core unchanged. Decline...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Nov 11
- 2 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of November 6, 2023)
Stocks extended their November rally amid a surge in tech giants, a relatively calm session for bonds and no major surprises from Federal...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Nov 4
- 2 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of October 30, 2023)
Fed pause helps treasury yields retreat and stocks climb. Gains accelerate after Jerome Powell says financial conditions have tightened....
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Oct 22
- 2 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of October 16, 2023)
Fed’s Logan says higher yields allow more time to watch economy. Inflation is still too high despite welcome progress, she says. Dallas...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Oct 20
- 1 min
Global Wealth Harbor featured on InvestmentNews Magazine
I was asked to share my thoughts with InvestmentNews magazine on BlackRock’s offer of retirement-date ETFs for investors saving outside...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Oct 15
- 2 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of October 9, 2023)
Higher bond yields likely to extend Fed rate pause. Officials are signaling that a run-up in long-term interest rates might substitute...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Oct 7
- 2 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of October 2, 2023)
US stock benchmarks rebounded after a tense week while the retreat in Treasuries extended as Wall Street debated the odds the Federal...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Sep 23
- 2 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of September 18, 2023)
Big tech weighs on stock market after Fed pause. Wall Street is finally buckling in for a longer ride with higher borrowing costs. (Wall...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Sep 16
- 2 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of September 11, 2023)
Fiscal policy risk is more likely to drive up US bond yields than further tightening from the Federal Reserve, said the central bank’s...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Sep 9
- 2 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of September 4, 2023)
Inflation, Interest-Rate Worries Drag Stocks Downward. Treasurys and big tech shares drop after hot economic data. (Wall Street Journal,...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Aug 31
- 1 min
Global Wealth Harbor Featured on Financial Planning Magazine
I shared my thoughts with the Financial Planning Magazine about how a retiree could invest in helping protect the planet. If you are...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Aug 26
- 2 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of August 21, 2023)
Mortgage rates hit 7.23%, highest since 2001. Borrowing costs have risen more than the benchmark Treasury yields they track, pushing up...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Aug 19
- 1 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of August 14, 2023)
Shoppers boost retail sales for fourth straight month. Consumers spent more in July on food, clothing and online. (Wall Street Journal,...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Aug 9
- 1 min
Global Wealth Harbor featured on ThinkAdvisor Magazine
I was asked by ThinkAdvisor Magazine to share my thoughts on what investments average investors should avoid. If you are interested in...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Aug 6
- 1 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of July 31, 2023)
Europe Returns to timid growth, but bigger headwinds loom. Lower energy bills helped drive expansion in activity, but region faces litany...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Jul 29
- 2 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of July 24, 2023)
Officials remain concerned about whether wages and price growth can slow enough without an economic downturn (Wall Street Journal, July...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Jul 23
- 1 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of July 17, 2023)
U.S. companies score partial reprieve from global minimum tax deal. New agreement will delay until 2026 some potential tax increases...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Jul 15
- 1 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of July 10, 2023)
Inflation eased to 3% in June, slowest pace in more than two years. Fed officials are still likely to raise interest rates when they meet...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
- Jul 1
- 2 min
Weekly Market & Economic News Recap (Week of June 26, 2023)
U.S. home prices posted first annual decline since 2012 in April. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index fell 0.2%. (Wall...
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