Bank of the West | Wade Balliet

Investment Insights: Living up to (earnings) expectations

Category: Your Wealth | Published: 10/17/18 | Print

Category: Your Wealth
Published: 10/17/18

Posted by Wade Balliet

Investment Strategy

Male worker in a large China textile shop, writing on a pad while surrounded by hundreds of brightly colored bolts of fabric.

After a week-long volatility binge, financial markets seem to be enjoying renewed vigor on the back of the third-quarter earnings season and some positive economic data.

Tags: China, corporate earnings, equities, exports, global trade, imports, investments, stock market, tariffs, trade war, volatility, Wade Ballet

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Investment Insights: Keep your chin up

Category: Your Wealth | Published: 10/10/18 | Print

Category: Your Wealth
Published: 10/10/18

Posted by Wade Balliet

Investment Strategy

Stocks displayed on an iPad.

Both stocks and bonds entered a slump over the past few days as rising yields weighed on equity prices.

Tags: Brazil, China, employment, global stocks, NAFTA, treasury yield, Wade Balliet

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Investment Insights: Don’t cry over spilt milk

Category: Your Wealth | Published: 10/03/18 | Print

Category: Your Wealth
Published: 10/03/18

Posted by Wade Balliet

Investment Strategy

Dairy farm in Canada, with field of cows in the foreground on a cloudy day.

While dairy was one of the most contentious topics in U.S.-Canada trade talks, there were other changes in the trade agreement affecting all three nations.

Tags: agriculture, Canada, dairy, exports, imports, milk, NAFTA, tariffs, trade, Wade Balliet

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Investment Insights: Tariffs and rate hikes galore

Category: Your Wealth | Published: 09/26/18 | Print

Category: Your Wealth
Published: 09/26/18

Posted by Wade Balliet

Investment Strategy

Shipping dock workers (2 men) standing next to piles of steel to be shipped.

Foreign policy and monetary policy continue to be main drivers for the financial markets – and that makes for a fairly eventful week.

Tags: Brexit, central banks, China, Federal Reserve, interest rates, tariffs, trade, UK, Wade Balliet

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