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...
Despite volatile returns, the narrative has not changed; inflation, interest rates, and the Federal Reserve (Fed) remain the market’s top concerns. Markets are hoping for some indication that the Fed will commence cutting interest rates. Still, each inflation and most...
The summer stock market rally came to a halt in August. As volatility increased, the S&P 500 Index ended the month 1.6% lower than it began. The only S&P 500 sector ending the month higher was energy, while utilities brought...
