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2021 Capital Highlights in the Markets Archive

DEC 2021  Home Sales Exceed Expectations

Phoenix led the country in home-price growth with a 33.1% increase, followed by Tampa and Miami.  Just six of the 20 major cities that the report tracks recorded larger price increases in September than in August, though all cities did continue to notch increases. 

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Shortages of key materials, such as semiconductors, have not only limited the number of vehicles being produced, but also incentivized automakers to build only the most expensive, highest-trim versions of their vehicles.

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NOV 2021  Shortages

Shortages of key materials, such as semiconductors, have not only limited the number of vehicles being produced, but also incentivized automakers to build only the most expensive, highest-trim versions of their vehicles.

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OCT 2021  Home Prices Soar

Initially released just five years ago, video-sharing app TikTok announced this week that the company has hit one billion active users.  The billion-user club is very small, with the likes of Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. 

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SEPT 2021  JOBS

One way to measure the effect of the latter is to compare the continuing claims of the already-unemployed in the states which have kept the extra $300/week unemployment benefit payments vs the continuing claims of the already-unemployed in the states that terminated the extra benefit payments at the end of June.

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AUG 2021  The Electric Vehicle Revolution

What if a large factor in the current worker shortage is...unexpectedly high retirements?  Oxford Economics and Capital Economics analysts have highlighted the huge jump in recent baby-boomer retirements, each one of which is another worker removed from the country’s workforce. 

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JULY 2021  Unexpectedly High Volume of Retirements

What if a large factor in the current worker shortage is...unexpectedly high retirements?  Oxford Economics and Capital Economics analysts have highlighted the huge jump in recent baby-boomer retirements, each one of which is another worker removed from the country’s workforce. 

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June 2021 Inflation Data Surprises Index

Deutsche Bank maintains a data series it calls the “Inflation Data Surprises Index”, which monitors unexpectedly-high or –low inflation reports across the economy. 

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MAY 2021 US Food Price Inflation has Arrived

With upward price pressures already impacting the economy in areas like construction and building supplies, it was only a matter of time before food price inflation arrived at a supermarket near you.

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APR 2021 - US Job Growth Accelerated

Volkswagen pulled an early April Fool’s joke on the world when it announced that it was henceforth changing its name to “Voltswagen”.  Later, VW admitted it was indeed an April Fool’s joke, but it certainly succeeded in drawing attention to VWs very large ambitions in the Electric Vehicle (EV) industry. 

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MAR 2021 401(k) Savers Managed to Increase Their Savings

Last year was a tough year financially for most average Americans.  Between March 2020 and January 2021, around 1.6 million people took money out of their 401(k) plans under the CARES Act.  However, despite the volume of withdrawals, around a third of 401(k) savers managed to increase their savings. 

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FEB 2021 Bright Spot for Apple

Apple reported it brought in $111 billion of revenue in the final quarter of 2020.  The Services business, which includes Apple Music, the App Store, Apple Pay, Apple TV, iCloud and more, was a bright spot for Apple, growing 24% year-over-year, but it was actually robust sales in China that really helped Apple's revenue over the top to its first-ever $100-billion-plus quarter.

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JAN 2021 Record Highs Despite One of the Most Tumultuous Weeks in the Nation’s History

Is a strong year-end rally a portent for returns in the new year that follows?  Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at LPL Financial, says the results of his study of the question could have “bulls smiling” in 2021.

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