You have seen the headlines – “best quarter since 1998!”. But always remember the starting point of a given return metric and recall the level of uncertainty
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Ho hum… just another 5+% return for the month in US equities.
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Will this year bring “April flowers and May showers” in the markets?
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This is no April Fool's Day joke! Hopefully April showers will bring May flowers.
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I focus this mid-month blog post on a market update given the recent volatility. At the end, I briefly mention some things to consider with these lemons.
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That was fast.
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A rough end for the first month of the year – unless you were in long maturity treasury bonds.
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2019 returns were very strong across most asset classes, something not many expected at the beginning of the year. View six charts which capture the current
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A relatively quiet month on the surface as the market seems content with a Fed on hold (reinforced at Powell Congressional testimony mid-month), inflation and
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The economy is steady, the Fed is likely done for a while and trade negotiations are moving along. Stocks like it!
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Despite the continued themes of trade war and slowing growth – and a couple new shocks in September – the markets remain resilient through September but
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When a corporate bond ETF has a higher YTD return than US small caps which returned close to 12%, you know rates are an important story.
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