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Inflation has trended down, but wages and energy prices put pressure on expectations. Treasury yields continue to rise, and geopolitical risks around the world take their toll on the market. Annex Wealth Management’s Dave Spano and Derek Felske discuss.

The Fed has been the arsonist and the firefighter. They were too slow to react to high inflation and then they reacted by hiking rates with reckless abandon.

In the third quarter, China's gross domestic product grew at a 5.3% annualized pace. Consumption was a big driver of growth while the property sector is still struggling.

A roving recession that hasn’t affected the consumer, yet, could turn into a stumbling recovery for everyone else.

What are the chances of a proxy World War Three? Markets aren't acting like it.

Classic defensives did their work while the consumer might be starting to crack. Opportunity might exist by looking at what hasn't worked while the Fed could be late to the game....again.

Annex Wealth Management’s Brian Jacobsen discusses the reactionary moves in the markets as the war between Israel and Hamas continues, and what we’re watching for moving forward.

What's happening in Gaza has the potential to destabilize world markets.

Each week, members of the Annex Wealth Management team answer your questions about investing, money and the economy.

This week will yield plenty of data for experts to inspect. As inflation starts to diminish, Powell may have painted himself into a corner given some of his statements. And given today’s mass/micromedia – is jawboning still an effective tool when it comes to the economy?