Making Sense of the Fed’s Latest Decision The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) left interest rates unchanged Wednesday but signaled it is ready to cut interest rates in the future to address rising global uncertainty. The last time the Fed cut interest...
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Keeping Your Portfolio Cool in the Summer Heat U.S. stock market fell during the month of May as trade tensions and fears of global growth slowdown took center stage. The bond markets also continue to send warning signals as yields on short term...
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Deal or No Deal – The Trade War Continues Tariffs once again took center stage last week after taking a back seat since the fourth quarter of 2018. Market volatility resurfaced, on concerns of the potential negative impact on the U.S. economy...
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Mixed Signals on the Economy from Stocks and Bonds The stock market kicked off 2019 with a bang as investor confidence in the U.S. economy rose, due to an accommodative fed, higher corporate earnings and a truce on the trade war with China. At...
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Is the U.S. Economy Still the Greatest? The U.S. GDP increased by 2.9% crossing $20.5 trillion in 2018. On the surface, the data of 2.9% growth may hardly seem encouraging, perhaps even meager compared to the 6% growth China has experienced, but...
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Breaking Down Brexit The news of Brexit has captured multiple headlines recently, and it is a topic that is still likely a source of widespread confusion. Many investors may find themselves wondering why and how it matters. This week’s...
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Important Lessons From the Bull Market’s 10th Anniversary March 9, 2019 marked the 10-year anniversary of the S&P 500 beginning its climb from the bear-market lows of March 2009. The index has delivered a whopping 400% cumulative total return...
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The Rally in 2019 – A Tale of Two Assets So far, 2019 has proven to be a very different year in markets compared to 2018. Prospects of a U.S./China trade deal and a “patient” Federal Reserve (Fed) have led to a sharp rally, reversing the losses...
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Brexit, Fed & Trade – The List to Watch in Q1 2019 Brexit, U.S./China trade and the Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) monetary policy decision are some of the key events shaping markets so far in the first quarter of 2019. This week, a “patient” Fed...
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Understanding the Impact of the Government Shutdown Rating agency Standard and Poor’s estimates the overall impact from the partial government shutdown could shave a modest $1.2 billion off the $19 trillion U.S. economy for each week the...
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Keep Calm and Carry On The one certainty of investing is that your portfolio will experience volatility. The recent market turbulence is not as abnormal as headlines would have you believe. In fact, markets have returned to a more normal level of...
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What Does a Yield Curve Have to Do with a Recession? The yield curve – and a potential inversion in the yield curve – has been the subject of much concern in the markets recently and caused a sharp sell-off this past Tuesday. An inverted yield...
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