Annual presentation from Ferguson Wellman sharing our views for the year regarding the global economy and capital markets, as well as a planning update from our wealth management team.
2025 Investment Outlook Webinar Video: Lessons Learned
New Year, Same Fluctuating Economy
Lately, clients have been asking us one question: how are longer-term bond yields moving higher when the Federal Reserve is cutting interest rates?
Fiscal Irresponsibility
We frequently receive questions from clients regarding the sustainability of U.S. government debt. According to the U.S. treasury, the American government has run a budget surplus only four times in the last 50 years, with the most recent being in 2001.
Investment Outlook 2024 Video: Sticking the Landing
Annual presentation from Ferguson Wellman sharing our views for the year regarding the global economy and capital markets, as well as a planning update from our wealth management team.
2024 Investment Outlook Webinar Video: Sticking the Landing
Annual presentation from Ferguson Wellman sharing our views for the year regarding the global economy and capital markets, as well as a planning update from our wealth management team.
2024 Outlook Publication: Sticking the Landing
Cooling of the Labor Market
As we celebrate Labor Day this weekend, we thought it appropriate to look at the current employment situation in the United States. The job market has been surprisingly robust since the elevated unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown.
Third Quarter 2023 Investment Strategy Video: Standing Eight Count
2023 Investment Outlook Video
Annual presentation from Ferguson Wellman investment team discussing the major themes facing capital markets in 2023 and how they will affect client portfolios.
Housing Crisis 2.0?
One topic we are consistently asked about is the risk of another housing crisis. Housing is clearly softening in the wake of the increases in interest rates, causing mortgage rates to climb sharply this year and making home ownership unaffordable for many Americans.
JOLT to the Job Market
Jerome Powell has the most difficult job in America. The Fed Chairman and the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee are tasked with lowering inflation and they primarily have only one blunt tool to accomplish this goal, adjusting interest rates.
Bond Math
Principal and Head of Fixed Income, Brad Houle, CFA, discusses the math at work in fixed income investing and the relationship between bonds and interest rates.