Market Commentary

Global Economies and Market Review If the first quarter of 2020 surprised investors with a global health pandemic and severe market downturn, the second quarter brought an equally historic shift [...]

Global Economies and Markets The first quarter of 2020 has been challenging on many levels. With the spread of the coronavirus throughout the U.S., our daily vocabulary now includes phrases like [...]

The last few weeks have been difficult for everyone. It feels like our world has been turned upside down on many levels. The spread of the COVID-19 virus has affected almost all aspects of our [...]

As if the last two weeks haven’t been ugly enough for the capital markets, Monday, March 9, was another one for the record books with major indices seeing their biggest one-day losses since the [...]

This week in the market, the last week in February 2020, has been one for the record books. It’s hard to ignore as the news media is flashing big red text all over our TV screens, highlighting [...]

As we begin a new decade, we look back on 2019 as a year for the record books in the capital markets. We saw the market performance show outsized returns across nearly all asset classes in both [...]

The third quarter brought mixed results for global capital markets.  Most domestic large cap indices posted modest gains, while domestic small cap and international markets posted losses.  Fixed [...]

Building on the first quarter’s momentum, the capital markets continued their upward trend during the second quarter.  Despite a pullback in May due to global trade concerns, falling oil prices, [...]

With the S&P 500 suffering its worst December since 1931, and the equity market falling by nearly 20% at one point during the month, suffice it to say that 2018 ended with a thud rather than [...]

In sharp contrast to the volatile conclusion of 2018, the new year brought a rally in the capital markets. Technology stocks again were a large contributor to the gains, but the market strength [...]