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2023 1st Quarter Market Recap

As we have emphasized in recent years, we keep a close eye on fiscal policy, monetary policy, and interest rates. A lot has remained the same since our previous quarterly recap as monetary policy is still tight, fiscal policy remains nonexistent, and interest rates, although hit with a slight decline in Q1 2023, remain at historically elevated levels.

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The Study of Market Corrections 

It has been a couple of extraordinary weeks marked by numerous headlines and historical market moves. While we have attempted on numerous occasions to send out an update…often writing into the early hours of the morning…we wake up to find that our thoughts are being reflected in current news and [...]

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Syntal Business Continuity Plan Update

Dear Clients & Friends,  As you know, the recent global outbreak of the Coronavirus has placed both the markets and citizens on-edge. At this time, it is impossible to determine the eventual spread and impact of this virus, but it has the potential to disrupt our daily lives for [...]

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Coronavirus and the Market

Talking Points What is “good” for the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19), is “bad” for the economy. The need for sudden action. The risk of a stop-start economy and consumer. Likely a short recession. Significant stimulus both fiscal and monetary, but more is needed from Fiscal side. Fundamentals will [...]

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Market Outlook 2020 

Late Cycle  We believe that the markets are in late cycle. During late cycle, you start to look for more defensive or hedge positions and extend duration in your high-quality fixed income portfolio. The momentum of the market is strong at this point and we will pay attention to this [...]

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Market Outlook 2019

The Santa Claus rally arrived late this past year but finally came through in a big way and has carried forward into the New Year. Positive news, with a more dovish Fed and face-to-face talks with China on trade issues, has supported this recent rally. While this has raised [...]

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Rollin’ with the Punches

S&P 500 Large Cap Index As noted in our communication on Friday, October 5th, we were worried volatility would pick up - quite the understatement! The S&P 500 (which is an index of US-based large-cap stocks) broke its short-term trend line, the 10-day moving average, last Friday. It has further [...]

Crude Oil Outlook Update

Lower for (even) longer In our January oil outlook update, our forecast for oil prices this year was adjusted down to $30~$50 from $40~$60, expecting the realignment of OPEC quota post Iran/Iraq production increases to normalize oil prices back to $80 range in 2018. OPEC inaction and weakening Chinese appetite [...]

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Model Behavior

The Fed’s own risk models painted a contradictory picture by spiking up just before the FOMC meeting. As the Fed continues to avoid rate hikes by kicking the decision down to December or possibly 2016, the new hawkish voting members of FOMC will be put in a tough spot to [...]

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GIPS Announcement

Syntal Capital Partners is proud to announce that our firm has been verified in our compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standard (GIPS®). The GIPS® Standards were created by the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute as a way to create a global standard for calculating and presenting performance. These standards were created to [...]

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Noise Cancelling

Since unwinding the briefly held 1x long US and International equity market positions in June, we remained defensive through July. Our proprietary global risk signal has shown benign conditions since the Greek debt negotiations. Market volatility has also been kept at historical lows. In the short term, we expect volatility [...]

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Colorado Springs Office

Syntal Capital Partners LLC is proud to announce that Robert J. Carlyon, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Syntal, will lead the Firm’s recent expansion in Colorado Springs, CO, as well as continue to provide executive operating expertise firm-wide. “Syntal Capital Partners is growing and we are bringing [...]

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Crude Oil Outlook Update

Adjusting Our Outlook In response to the recent nuclear deal with Iran, we are adjusting our near term crude oil outlook from $50~$70 to $40~$60. The adjustment reflects approximately 1mmb/d of additional supply coming online from Iran in the next couple of years. US rig count has found a floor [...]

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