A Look Back at Q3, 2017

As the second half of the year kicked in, markets continued to show resiliency and moved higher despite plenty of negative news — the confluence of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and wildfires, a brewing international confrontation, terrorist incidents in London, Marseilles and Barcelona, just to name a few. Markets seemed particularly vulnerable to the […]

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A Look Back at Q2, 2017

First half of the year down, second half to go! The second quarter was a relatively quiet period for the markets with U.S. stocks appearing to move up and hit new highs frequently. The same narrative we wrote of in our first quarter note remained in full play throughout this quarter as well. The […]

By |July 27th, 2017|Features|Comments Off on A Look Back at Q2, 2017|

The Start of a New “Yera”

With a new U.S. Administration having taken office in January, the financial markets seem to keep their optimism despite some foreseeable changes in economic policies. The Standard & Poor’s 500 was up 6.0%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 5.2%, the iShares iBoxx High Grade Corporate Bond Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) was up […]

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