As U.S. Markets Push Optimism, Analyzing ‘Hard’ vs ‘Soft’ Data

By Innealta Capital Since the U.S. presidential election in November 2016, markets have experienced a push of optimism that defied the pull of underwhelming macroeconomic and microeconomic data. The optimism, as measured by various sentiment indicators, began to increase and reached multi-year peaks by February 2017. Risky markets have responded alongside this increasing confidence in…Click to read more at ETFtrends.com.