Climbing a Wall of Worries to New Highs Synchronized global growth, which began earlier this year, carried into the third quarter. Despite the devastating effects of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the U.S. economy remained near full employment and earnings growth was...
Synchronized global expansion was evident during the second quarter with markets across the globe experiencing positive economic growth. The rising tide lifted nearly all boats in the First half of 2017. According to Morningstar, most popular fund types rose in Q2,...
Political Uncertaintyas Viewed Through anInvestment Lens The first quarter saw steady gains throughout January and February and then a bit of a slowdown in March. The overriding theme that has engulfed markets since November, particularly stocks, has been Donald Trump...
January 2017 Good vs. Average 2016 was a very good year for diversifed portfolios as returns were boosted by exposure to diversifer asset classes, meant to provide additional risk adjusted return over time. This is a welcome turnaround from 2015, when most diversifer...
The third quarter began on a very uneven footing. The U.K. had just surprised investors by voting to leave the European Union (E.U.), and markets were in the process of digesting an enormous amount of uncertainty and repricing shares in the face of that uncertainty....
Donald J. Trump has been elected as the next President of the United States, after a long and arduous campaign for both Democrats and Republicans. As polls were pointing to a Clinton victory coming into the election, Trump’s victory has left many statisticians and...
