Barron’s: Fed Policy and Rising Oil Prices Cloud Near-Term Outlook, but Rally Expected Later in Year
Investors will also be looking ahead to the Federal Reserve’s March decision on Wednesday. Markets are pricing in a 99% chance of the central bank holding rates steady. “Wednesday’s meeting [...]
Bloomberg: Stocks Positioned to Rebound Despite Ongoing Geopolitical Uncertainty
The stock market is trying to find a bottom amid this geopolitical-driven pullback, according to Rick Gardner at RGA Investments. While he says the conflict could go on for some [...]
MarketWatch: Markets May Recover Before Geopolitical Conflicts Resolve
The conflict in Iran could continue for a while, but that doesn't mean the stock selloff will last too, says CIO The stock market sold off for three weeks as [...]
CNBC: Treasury Yields Slip as Fed Outlook Points to Limited Rate Cuts in 2026
We’ll be lucky to get even one rate cut this year, and if it does come, it would likely be towards the end of the year when there is a [...]
CNN: Fed Likely to Hold Rates Steady Longer, With Cuts Pushed to Year-End
“While the Fed typically looks through oil shocks, we’ll be lucky to get even one rate cut this year,” Rick Gardner, chief investment officer at RGA Investments, wrote in a [...]
Rick appeared on Schwab network to discuss stock market volatility among conflicts in the Middle East
Rick Gardner, CIO at RGA Investments, interviewed with the Schwab Network to discuss market pullbacks among recent geopolitical events. He speaks about investors needing to expect short term volatility to [...]
Business insider: A chart shows how much the government shutdown hurt economic growth last quarter
https://www.businessinsider.com/gdp-gross-domestic-product-fourth-quarter-economy-2026-2
New York Post: As US economy drastically slows, Fed’s preferred inflation gauge stays hot – likely putting rate cuts on hold
“Even though this data is now a few months old, it shows that the Federal Reserve’s inflation problem is far from solved,” Rick Gardner, chief investment officer at RGA Investments, [...]
MarketWatch: Fed’s favorite inflation gauge shows there is more work to do to tame price increases
“Even though this data is now a few months old, it shows that the Federal Reserve’s inflation problem is far from solved,” said Rick Gardner, chief investment officer at RGA [...]
US News: Economic Growth Drops Sharply, Inflation Rises
“Friday's delayed PCE for December was stronger-than-expected and remains stubbornly above the Fed's 2% target,” Rick Gardner, chief investment officer at RGA Investments, wrote Friday after the new data was [...]
