The Week in Review from Valeo Financial Advisors (July 4, 2014)
Valeo News
- Valeo Financial Advisors Named to Financial Times’ Inaugural Top 300 Registered Investment Advisers List Valeo Financial Advisors
U.S. Economy
- U.S. payrolls jumped as the U.S. jobless rate fell to 6.1% in June, the lowest since September 2008 Bloomberg
- Auto sales in the United States hit an eight year high The Wall Street Journal
Global Economy
- Global company merger and acquisition has reached a seven year high Reuters
- Manufacturing in both China and Japan increased, both had been contracting in 2014. Reuters
Debt
- Who is buying U.S. Treasury debt? Institutional Investor
- Home mortgage rates returned to the lowest levels seen since October 2013 CNN Money
- The Indiana University system is among the first in the nation to tell students annually what their monthly payments on loans will be upon leaving school or graduation Bloomberg