Market Commentary, Q416 and 2017 Outlook
Posted on2016 ended on a high note despite a tumultuous start to the year and a few shocks along the way. Throughout the first half of […]
2016 ended on a high note despite a tumultuous start to the year and a few shocks along the way. Throughout the first half of […]
Global stock and bond markets had a rocky start to the 3rd quarter following BREXIT (England’s vote to leave the European Union). Despite initial volatility, […]
Returns for U.S. stocks and bonds ended positive for the second quarter ending June 30, 2016. International and emerging market stocks ended slightly negative. The […]
Q1 2016 ended slightly positive from where it started. If you weren’t paying attention though, the accumulated returns were not a smooth sideways line to […]
For the last 3 months of the year, markets were positive with the exception of commodities. Yet, as you can see below, the increase was […]
The third quarter 2015, for most investment asset classes ended with negative returns. The S&P 500 lost 6.4% total return for the quarter, and based […]
If you fell asleep on 3-31-15 and woke up on 6-30-15, you would have missed some significant world events, yet little changed in returns across […]
The first quarter of 2015 produced positive returns for most investors. As anticipated, market volatility and global uncertainty continued as new headlines triggered market peaks […]