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Even index funds have become active managers. But those of us who have been in the industry long enough recognize what's going on here.

A lot of market strategists talk a lot about the CPI. In our view, Rareview's commentary on Fed policy and the economy is the greatest of all time.

Both spending and employment indicators have shown meaningful slowdown in recent months but are not contracting nor raising recession alarms.

While stocks and other assets are trading at deep discounts, there isn't much left to lose even if the bull herd is wrong, the BlackRock team writes.

This has been a shallow decline, and the cause is not a financial crisis or collapse in consumer spending. The labor market also remains healthy.

it is tempting to throw the baby out with the bathwater but we still see the best portfolio mix maintaining a healthy blend of stocks and bonds.

We are currently overweighted in cash but while earnings aren't great the market tends to climb every wall of worry. Time to put cash back to work!