US Stocks Advance in Wake of Upbeat Inflation Data; Sierra CIO Remains Cautious Due to Strong Job Market
Access to this article may require a subscription. U.S. stock indexes ended higher and recorded their fourth straight day of gains on Thursday, with the S&P 500 clearing the 4,500 mark for the first time since April 2022, led by technology stocks, after data showed June producer-price inflation fell further, bolstering the chances that the […]
Nasdaq’s First Half of 2023 Boosting Economic Optimism
Access to this article may require a subscription. Modest daily stock gains cinched a strong six months on Wall Street, fueled by investors’ optimism that inflation is easing while the economy continues to hum. Fresh spending data added momentum on Friday, showing milder core-price increases in May compared with a month earlier, while consumer outlays […]
Sierra Investment Management CIO, James St. Aubin Remains on Guard
The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% on Wednesday after shuffling between gains and losses. Bond yields, which move inversely to prices, inched higher. The S&P 500 is up 15% this year, while the Nasdaq (.IXIC) has gained 30%. James St. Aubin, chief investment officer at Sierra Investment Management, has been adding to equity positions during […]
Skip Schweiss Gives 6 Tips to Advisors Wanting to Enter the Retirement Plan Market
By advising retirement plans, advisors have an opportunity to broaden their relationship with small companies and diversify their own business, says Anthony Bunnell, head of retirement and nonqualified solutions at Morgan Stanley at Work, a division of Morgan Stanley’s wealth management arm that provides workplace financial solutions. Those connections could lead to more individual clients, […]
St. Aubin on Money Life Podcast: “The Market Could Go in Any Direction”
James St. Aubin, chief investment officer at Sierra Investment Management, says that we are looking at ‘unusually uncertain times given what the market is trying to process right now,’ specifically how the increased cost of credit and the decreased availability of credit will work its way through the economy. St. Aubin – who uses a […]
Forbes: James St. Aubin on the Benefits of Bond Laddering
Carving out a chunk of your nest egg to buy debt securities that you hold until maturity offers predictable income and principal protection in an unpredictable world. When Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) blew up last month, it provided aging investors with a textbook example of what can go wrong with even the most conservative of […]
St. Aubin on Morningstar Markets Brief: “Tectonic shifts in forecasting Fed policy”
Tech stocks benefited as investors flooded into the beaten-up group, expecting it to benefit from a Fed pause and move to cut interest rates. Also, mega-cap techs are seen as having fortress-like balance sheets able to withstand a serious downturn. But the first quarter was anything but an easy ride. “It was a quarter that […]
Sierra’s CIO, James St. Aubin, Talks Rising Inflation on the Wall Street Journal
Families are flush with cash, so higher interest rates have done less to deter them from spending than if they had been funding their purchases with credit-card debt, said James St. Aubin, chief financial officer at Sierra Mutual Funds. “That slows down the impact of raising the cost of money,” Mr. St. Aubin said. “It […]
Sierra’s CIO, James St. Aubin on Barron’s: Lessons Learned From Retail Earnings Season
“The consumer just hasn’t puckered up,” said James St. Aubin, chief investment officer at Sierra Investment Management. Consumers’ resilience has confounded economists and retailers alike, and has been attributed to a host of factors, from the lingering effects of the pandemic-era stimulus checks to the strength of the labor market. The thoughts and opinions expressed […]
Sierra’s CIO James St. Aubin Discusses the War in Ukraine, European Stocks on Morningstar Markets Brief
The strength in global markets demonstrates what many investment strategists noted a year ago when the war started: Geopolitical events might trigger emotional responses that jolt markets temporarily, but they don’t ultimately change the economic fundamentals on which investment decisions are made, instead, create buying opportunities. “Knee-jerk reactions can be fraught with error,” says James […]
