Market Commentary
August got off to a rocky start, with the S&P 500 falling over 6% during the first three trading days […]
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After a quiet start to the summer, markets witnessed an uptick in volatility in July as investors weighed whether slowing […]
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The saying “April showers bring May flowers” can be traced to an English poet from the 1500s. Today, the quote […]
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Investment and insurance products and services are not a deposit, are not FDIC- insured, are not insured by any federal […]
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Investment and insurance products and services are not a deposit, are not FDIC- insured, are not insured by […]
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S&P 500 sets new all-time record high. January inflation data surprised to the upside reigniting concerns about monetary policy. Market […]
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S&P sets new all-time record high. 4Q23 GDP data stronger than expected, suggesting economy entered 2024 with good momentum. Federal […]
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Markets enjoyed a strong finish to the year driven by increased optimism that the Fed has completed its current rate […]
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Investment and insurance products and services are not a deposit, are not FDIC- insured, are not insured by […]
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Markets endured another disappointing month impacted by a further rise in rates. The S&P 500 briefly entered “correction” territory just […]
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Maybe it is a sense of melancholy from summer drawing to a close. Perhaps it is traders returning from late-summer […]
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Markets, as measured by the S&P 500, enjoyed a strong start to summer, gaining a cumulative 10% in June and […]
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The saying “Hope springs eternal” traces its roots back nearly 300 hundred years to “An Essay on Man: Epistle I” […]
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Drive down a road on a hot summer day and you will invariably see a mirage. And no matter your […]
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Déjà vu, which in French means “already seen” is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “a feeling that one has […]
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Markets are always faced with uncertainty, even in the best of times. Differing interpretations of uncertainty effectively creates a market. […]
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In many respects, March was a tale of two halves: before the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and after. […]
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What a difference a month can make. January saw equity markets enjoy strong returns fueled by growing optimism that the […]
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Maybe it was simply the act of turning the calendar to 2023, or that investors were tired of markets going […]
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Investors hoping for a Santa Claus rally in December were no doubt disappointed with the metaphorical lump of coal that […]
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August. The time of year when seemingly everyone is trying to leave town for one last vacation, before school resumes […]
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Wall Street is full of adages. “Markets hate uncertainty” is perhaps the most well-known. “Markets climb a wall of worry”, […]
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Beyond the abundance of food, family, friends, and football, Thanksgiving provides an opportunity for people to reflect on life and […]
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“Don’t fight the Fed.” It’s a common market mantra, but not always heeded. Since March, when the Fed began its […]
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Growing recession concerns fueled by the Fed’s increasingly aggressive stance towards monetary policy resulted in the S&P 500’s second-worst month […]
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April showers bring May flowers. Not exactly a market saying, but after this past April, investors would be happy for […]
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Though its precise origins remain unclear, modern-day Halloween is widely believed to trace it roots back 2,000 years to the […]
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As any investor knows, markets hate uncertainty, and in late February, in the hours and days following the outbreak of […]
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February bore witness to historic events that few could imagine and many thought were near impossible. At the outset, markets […]
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Markets endured a wild ride in January as volatility spiked on concerns over higher inflation and uncertainties regarding monetary policy. […]
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“Here come Santa Claus, here come Santa Claus, right down Santa Claus Lane…” Despite the popular notion that Santa Claus […]
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Markets continued to follow the path of least resistance higher aided by continued strong economic activity, strong corporate earnings, and […]
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A tale of two halves. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. It’s not over until it’s over. Pick whatever […]
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Markets sold off in September, buffeted by a number of issues including slowing economic and corporate earnings growth, inflation, interest […]
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The Delta variant, the Fed, corporate earnings, economic data, Chinese regulators, infrastructure. For a summer month, July certainly did not […]
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