The lack of volatility in 2017 was nearly unprecedented. We witnessed 310 trading days without two consecutive daily pullbacks in the S&P 500 Index of at least 0.5%, according to research from Bespoke Group. The unprecedented streak ended in late January. History...
Adapted from an article originally written by: Samuel Chattopahyay, CFA The stock market has been tumbling lately with S&P 500 Price Index declining by 11.76% from its peak on October 5th till the date of this post, and the dramatic media headlines are roiling...
Volatility has certainly returned to the financial markets this quarter! Staying invested in a volatile market takes a certain amount of intestinal fortitude, but it’s not without reward. The chart below demonstrates how difficult it is to time the market – you have...
Strong Economic Fundamentals Drives Shares to New Highs October has a ghoulish reputation. Maybe it’s the October 1929 market crash or the one-day decline in October 1987 that exceeded 20%. Using data from the St. Louis Federal Reserve that goes back nearly 50 years,...
Nine Years Old The economic recovery began in July 2009 – that according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the official arbiter of recessions and economic expansions. A quick review of the math and it means the current expansion just turned nine years old,...
2017 will go down in the record books as a “bull market” year. The bulls took charge the day after election day, keeping the bears on the defensive throughout 2017. After a prolonged period of sluggish growth, 2017 was marked by synchronized global expansion across...
