The S&P 500 ended the first quarter of 2023 with a solid gain as hopes for an economic “soft landing” and the Fed signaling that their historic rate hike campaign is coming to an end helped offset two rate increases and the biggest bank failures since the...
Easing inflation pressures and a resolution of the fiscal turmoil in the United Kingdom fueled a strong rally in stocks and bonds early in the fourth quarter, but hawkish Fed guidance, disappointing economic data, and rising global bond yields weighed on markets in...
Global markets declined again in the third quarter as inflation remained near multi-decade highs, geopolitical tensions escalated further, and the Federal Reserve continued to aggressively hike interest rates signaling future rate increases will be larger than...
The S&P 500 continued to decline in the second quarter, hitting the lowest level since December 2020 as still-high inflation, sharp increases in interest rates, rising recession risks, and ongoing geopolitical unrest pressured stocks and other assets. After a...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, continued supply-chain issues, accelerating inflation, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes, China’s continued Covid lock-down, and inversion of the yield curve put into context negative quarter one returns in equity and bonds....
2021 began with the promise of vaccines and a belief that everything would return to “normal” after a turbulent year due to the pandemic. Over the past 12 months, we have seen historic price spikes for companies and consumers, acute labor shortages across...
