Our previous market update letter highlighted the debt ceiling as the most recent risk, among many others, that is on investor minds....

The stock market continues to climb the proverbial wall of worry with the S&P 500 gaining 1.5% in April after adding 7% in the first...

The stock market climbed the proverbial wall of worry in the first quarter. The S&P 500 index rose 7% despite a “banking crisis”, the...

We are in an interesting economic environment. Consumers are still spending pent up savings. Jobs are plentiful and the unemployment...

The S&P 500 stock market index has risen 14% from the October lows with every sector showing positive returns over that time period....

2022 will go down as one of the worst years on record for the capital markets. The S&P 500 stock index fell 19.6% and the NASDAQ stock...

Capital markets continued their rebound after a strong October with the S&P 500 returning 5.6% after an 8% return in October. The S&P 500...

The lead editorial in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal began, “A polarized but closely divided America elected a closely divided Congress...

“Higher interest rates, slower growth and a softening labor market are all painful for the public that we serve, but they’re not as...

After falling 20% from January to mid-June, the S&P 500 stock index rallied over 17% by August 16. On that day, a new federal stimulus...

As expected, the Fed raised the Fed Funds rate another 0.75% in its attempt to catch up with its tardy response to soaring inflation....

Cash was king during the second quarter as both the stock and bond markets suffered significant declines. With inflation and interest...

The S&P 500 continued its decline in the first three weeks of May but a strong rally in the final week led to a flat market for the full...

The S&P 500 index dropped 4.9% last month and 13.3% year-to-date. The NASDAQ index had it worst month since October 2008. Bonds have not...

It was quite a first quarter: The S&P 500 fell 4.9% in the first quarter, snapping a seven-quarter winning streak, while the Dow slid...

The U.S. economy has been the prime beneficiary of a relatively robust consumer sector. After plunging off the charts during the initial...

Two items increased stock market volatility at the end of November – the emergence of the omicron variant of covid and the Fed’s...

Most of the major U.S. stock market indices ended October at or near all-time highs. The bull market that began in March of 2009...

The S&P 500 saw its seven-month winning streak end in September as the index dropped 4.8% for the month. Every sector declined with the...

The S&P 500 just logged its seventh consecutive monthly gain, marking its longest winning streak since January 2018. Indeed, there has...