The Keutla Team's (keutlateam) Blog

EARNINGS OVER ECONOMICS... This week, corporate earnings will be way more in the spotlight than the modest march of economic data. The big guns reporting include Archer-Danies, Aetna, PepsiCo, Time Warner, Cisco, and Walt Disney.Economic data will track Factory Orders, ISM Services, Pending Home ...

THE FED CUTS AGAIN AND THE BULLS STORM BACK... The FOMC meeting was the highlight of the week. Wednesday the Fed announced a widely anticipated 50 basis point (0.50%) cut in the funds rate, to 3.00%. They also chopped the discount rate 50 basis points, to 3.50%. The markets immediately rallied, t...

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ALL OF YOU KW AGENTS OUT THERE, WHO CAN I COUNT ON TO SEE AT THE REUNION??  THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE MY FIRST YEAR, AND I HEAR ITS A LOT OF STUFF TO TAKE IN ALL AT ONCE.  WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THE RED SHOES?  ARE THERE ANY CLASSES IN PARTICULAR THAT ANYONE WOULD ADVISE?  WHAT ABOUT ATLANTA IVE NE...

INFO THAT HITS US WHERE WE LIVE  Guess what. In December the inventory of single-family existing homes dropped to 3.32 million, down 510,000 from July's peak. The inventory of existing homes for sale is DECLINING! That suggests the housing market has begun the road back to equilibrium. The median...

FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS... This week has it all. Literally. The Fed meeting on the 30th takes center stage of course. Then, a full slate of key Economic Indicators will reveal prime forecasting data. If anyone's listening, there'll be a slew of earnings reports, but these days people prefer picking...

HAVE THE BEARS GRABBED GOLDILOCK'S PORRIDGE?... Remember WAY BACK TWO WHOLE MONTHS AGO when we were all enjoying the Goldilocks economy...not too hot, not too cold, but just right? Well, it looks like the recessionary bears have rushed back to the cottage and elbowed Goldi aside! Wall Street plai...

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INFO THAT HITS US WHERE WE LIVE  The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, tracking November sales contracts, was down 2.6% from October and 19.2% from a year ago. No real surprise there. However, the NAR's chief economist, Lawrence Yun, had this to say: "On the one hand, we ...

A LOT TO LEARN!... We'll have the Producer and Consumer Price Indices to tell us if there's enough inflation around to hamstring the Fed from lowering interest rates. Big Ben Bernanke will share his most intimate economic feelings with the House Budget Committee come Thursday morning. So watch fo...