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The market ended the month up 2.43% in August, nicely rebounding from an initial scare driven by the Yen-carry trade unravel.
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Stocks ended the month with a positive return, despite the collapse of multiple regional banks.Yields on US Treasuries fluctuated wildly as investors...
In February, the stock market gave back some of January’s gains as stronger than expected economic data intensified concerns that the Fed will need to extend...
Investors are breathing a sigh of relief as 2023 is off to a positive start. Equity markets registered as strong a start to the year as we could have hoped...
Both equity and fixed income markets have performed quite poorly this past year, notably, at the same time. Investors typically rely on their allocation to...
In November, markets were looking to digest some remaining earnings reports, a Fed meeting’s change in interest rates, and midterm elections this month...
The S&P 500 climbed from a business cycle low on October 12th to end the month up 8%. In fact, equity indexes across the board were remarkably resilient...
Stocks across the world retreated back to the lows in September, driven by renewed fears of a global recession. While this is an update based on September...
After an impressive rally off of the June 17th lows, stocks stalled in August and gave back half of the made-up ground. Investors appear less confident in...
The market decline of 2022 finally showed some signs of abating in July. As of August 2nd, the S&P 500 is down about 14% from the highs, retracing...
In recent weeks, we have spoken to many pilots regarding the new American Airlines contract. With that in mind, we thought we would proactively reach out.
Explore strategic vs. tactical asset allocation benefits—diversification and tax efficiency vs. concentration and active management—for informed investing.
We’re not accountants or tax specialists. However, we have been getting tons of questions about the new federal tax legislation (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act).
If you are over 50 years old, you will want to pay attention to this. It has come to our attention that the there was a small hiccup transitioning between...
On December 11th, The House of Representatives signed bill H.R. 2591, which allows for the retroactive transfer of the AAL equity stake to a Traditional IRA.
A Roth IRA is a special individual retirement account (IRA) where you pay taxes on money going into your account, and then all future withdrawals are tax fre...
What you need to know about the purchasing power of money and how it changes
Geopolitical risks, rising rates and the continued surge in the price of energy and household goods dominated the financial headlines this month...
Stocks continued their decline in February (-4.2%) as the world reacted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Volatility increased and investors flocked to...
January was a bit of a roller coaster for stocks as broad equity indices declined roughly 10% in the first few weeks of the year. Since then, markets...
Looking back at where we were last January, it seemed unlikely that stocks would perform as well as they did in 2021 given all of the risks still on the table.
US stocks and bonds were relatively flat for the month of November. OMICRON: Emergence of the OMICRON variant added considerable volatility to the equities...
Like many of my friends, I sold my stocks after the market cratered because I could not stand to lose anymore. The market rebounded so quickly, I feel like...
I think we are facing a period of much higher inflation. Should I move my investments in to gold to protect myself?
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