Financial Market Summary and Outlook

by admin | Feb 6, 2017

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...

FDP Market Quarterly Market Summary and Outlook

by admin | Dec 11, 2016

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....

Election Coverage

by admin | Nov 9, 2016

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...

FDP Market Quarterly Market Summary and Outlook

by admin | Oct 28, 2016

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....

FDP Quarterly Market Summary

by admin | Jul 28, 2016

So far in 2016 it feels like the bad news has far outweighed the good news. During the first half of the year investors were forced to cope with economic concerns, surprising presidential primary outcomes, volatile commodity prices, terrorist attacks and uncertainty...

FDP Quarterly Market Commentary

by Mark Chandik | Apr 28, 2016

Market Review Q4 ’15   An end of January headline from Bloomberg News summed it up well—Stocks Post Worst January Since 2009. Th­e New Year definitely roared like a lion, and not in a favorable way. For those who gave in to their emotions and dumped stocks...