{"id":4539,"date":"2022-02-21T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/?p=4539"},"modified":"2022-02-21T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T21:28:00","slug":"week-ending-2-18-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/?p=4539","title":{"rendered":"Week Ending 2\/18\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARKET RECAP<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>US stocks fell by 1.60%, international stocks by 0.37%, and bonds by 0.21%. The spread on high-yield bonds has expanded by 65 basis points year-to-date.<\/li>\n<li>Russia continues to inch closer to a war with Ukraine. The Russians deny it, but all available intelligence suggests otherwise.<\/li>\n<li>The 10-year treasury peaked on Tuesday at 2.05%, the highest rate since July of 2019. The rate fell to 1.92% by Friday. Some are making the case that a slowing economy and a possible war with Ukraine will cause interest rates to drop.<\/li>\n<li>The debate is rising on how the Fed can get inflation under control without throwing the economy into recession. The Fed probably saved the economy from a depression when Covid hit, but went way overboard, along with Congress\/Trump\/Biden in pumping trillions and trillions into the system when we were well on the way to recovery. Now the Fed has to dig out of this mess.<\/li>\n<li>Mortage rates are at their highest point since January of 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mortagage-rate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4545\" src=\"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mortagage-rate-300x186.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mortagage-rate-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mortagage-rate-1024x634.png 1024w, https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mortagage-rate-768x476.png 768w, https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mortagage-rate-484x300.png 484w, https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mortagage-rate.png 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MARKET RECAP<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Scoreboard-02-18-2022.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4544\" src=\"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Scoreboard-02-18-2022-93x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Scoreboard-02-18-2022-93x300.png 93w, https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Scoreboard-02-18-2022-319x1024.png 319w, https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Scoreboard-02-18-2022-478x1536.png 478w, https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Scoreboard-02-18-2022.png 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARKET RECAP US stocks fell by 1.60%, international stocks by 0.37%, and bonds by 0.21%. The spread on high-yield bonds has expanded by 65 basis points year-to-date. Russia continues to inch closer to a war with Ukraine. 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