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Market Commentary: September 4, 2025
The economic data released on Friday, August 29th was in line with expectations. Headline Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index (PCE), the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, increased 2.6% year-over-year while Core PCE, which excludes food and energy prices, increased 2.9%. Personal income was up 0.4% compared to the previous month while personal spending increased 0.5%.
Welcome to Season 5 of Speaking of Quality
Hank Smith, Director and Head of Investment Strategy at Haverford Trust, kicks off Season 5 of the podcast and unveils this season’s theme “Navigating Change: Key Decisions Driving the Future of the Economy.”
The S&P 500 closed Friday down for the week, but remains just 3% off its all-time high set only nine days prior. However, it may feel worse. Keeping pace of headlines during the past month has been difficult and discerning the news from the noise even more so. The news cycle and markets are moving so quickly, it’s like listening to an audio book set at 2x read-back speed; as hard as you try to follow the narrator, it’s just too fast to keep up.
CNBC - John Donaldson, Vice President - Fixed Income, was surveyed on how tariffs [...]
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It has been 21 days since the inauguration and 1 day since the Eagles won Super Bowl LIX, yet it feels like months of news headlines have occurred. On one hand, as Disruptor in Chief, President Trump has ushered in a period of unprecedented policy uncertainty. On the other hand, his mission is certain and his motives and methods are clear.
The Haverford Trust Company recently introduced Rosemary DiRita as Vice President for the newly [...]
Halie O'Shea, Vice President & Director of Research hoshea@haverfordquality.com Is the "January Effect" real? [...]
Haverford's research and executive leaders analyze the current market landscape and outline key expectations [...]
