Looking at just the S&P 500 Index, the month of May appears boring since the index increased by only 0.4%. However, about one-quarter of trading days in May saw the index move up or down by over 1%, and there...
Despite a banking crisis and two more Federal Reserve rate hikes, the S&P 500 Index finished the first quarter 7.5% higher. Growth companies, which were the laggards in 2022, climbed 14% during the quarter, while their value counterparts rose just...
We are not in 2008. Headlines reminiscent of the Financial Crisis, “Bank Collapse” or “Government Bailout,” may make it seem like déjà vu, however, Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure is quite different. Complex securities drove the Great Financial Crisis; no...
