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Capital Market Comment August 23, 2023 Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D. Chairman Navigating the Varying Economic Currents The Fitch downgrade of U.S. debt, its warning of possible credit downgrades of [...]

Capital Market Comment July 28, 2023 Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D. Chairman The Resilient Market The resiliency of the US economy has confounded many economists, strategists, financial managers, and [...]

Capital Market Comment June 12, 2023 Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D. Chairman The Market Makes Its Own Path The equity market has the ability to defy the will of the largest proportion of investors.  [...]

Capital Market Comment May 15, 2023 Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D. Chairman Navigating the Uncertainty Earnings season is drawing to a close, and the results have been better than expected.  With over [...]

Capital Market Comment April 4, 2023 Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D. Chairman The Next Phase Against the background of a complicated economic landscape, a banking crisis emerged with the failure of [...]

Capital Market Comment Februray 7, 2023 Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D. Chairman The Trifecta: The Fed, The Economy, The Earnings The Fed The February increase in the federal funds rate to a 4.50 to [...]

Capital Market Comment January 4, 2023 Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D. Chairman What Is The Fed Trying To Prove? Is the Fed trying to correct for past mistakes? Or is it attempting to regain [...]

Capital Market Comment December 7, 2022 Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D. Chairman International & Macroeconomic Trends:  2023 – 2024 The 2023-24 time period is moving the world into a different [...]

Capital Market Comment November 4, 2022 Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D. Chairman Inflection Point The Federal Reserve cannot continue to ignore the evidence of a deteriorating economy. Moreover, a [...]

Capital Market Comment October 18, 2022 Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D. Principal, Chairman & Chief Investment Officer Patrick A. Snell, CFA, CAIA Principal & Co-Chief Investment Officer No [...]