GDP Was Up (Correction)

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward TECH CORNER The big news was that the GDP was up 2.8% for the second quarter. We don’t expect that to last going forward. Remember last quarter’s GDP number is backward looking. The Fed at the Federal Open Market Meeting this week held interest rates steady at 5.3%. The outlook for the September meeting is a possible rate cut. The stock market has had a good rally this year. However, the S&P 500 is down -3.88% since July 16th. Maybe we have topped. The July employment report comes out this Friday. We will know a lot more about the direction of interest rates and the economy then. Next week’s letter I will have more to discuss.