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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What a boring month in the markets … except for the last afternoon! It was only boring because the past months have been so volatile. Based on the first two
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June equity returns were almost a mirror image of May - but with a positive number - bringing YTD returns back to April highs. Don't forget the base is off the
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April showers bring… more May showers – in the sky and markets. Risky asset classes had negative returns but long maturity treasury bonds brought sunshine.
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YTD returns of 3.54%, 5.71% and 8.78%. One would think pretty impressive for equities. These are actually bond asset classes of TIPS, Inv Grade and High Yield
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Falling interest rates were the big driver of the markets this month. Check out the blog post for monthly returns including the large move in the 30-year
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March - in like a lion, out like a lamb. But if the markets come in like a bull, they go out like a ???
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After a negative 2018, markets rebounded nicely in January. Recent volatility is also getting back to more normal long-term averages.
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The month of August saw mostly negative returns for the major asset classes I list below. The exceptions - US Large Caps, International Equity Developed, High
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