Key Takeaways from 1Q 2025 As we approached the end of the first quarter, I began to gather my thoughts for the upcoming review. The main theme would be “The Return of Diversification.” Over the past two-plus years, the Magnificent...
Key Takeaways In keeping with the theme of Spotify (or Apple Music) year-end wrap-ups, I reviewed articles and notes I saved throughout the past twelve months. Like in previous years, I am once again surprised that events that were significant...
Key Takeaways Before we get into how markets performed last quarter and year to date, let’s take a moment to remember a few significant events that have occurred in 2024: Despite these seemingly adverse events, global equity markets have increased...
Following last week’s job report, which showed the labor market was beginning to lose momentum, investors globally began to rethink expectations around recession probability. On the positive side, the unemployment rate remains near historic lows at 4.3%, recent ISM services...
Key Takeaways from 1Q 2024 New record highs were a theme during the first quarter, from the S&P 500 Index to gold and even bitcoin. The S&P 500 Index ended the first three months of the year up 10.6% and...
