March was a very nice month for stock market investors as both domestic and global developed markets performed exceptionally well. Emerging markets, in contrast, were mostly flat. We attribute this weakness to the strength of the US Dollar. Unlike equities, the bond and commodity indices we follow …  Read More

February has been an historically weak month for stock market returns. In 2021, however, the markets bucked the trend. Most everyone we know would be happy with the solid returns from the two US large cap indexes (Dow Industrials, S&P 500) and the international indices we track. The bonus was …  Read More

Nothing so undermines your financial judgement as the sight of your neighbor getting rich. – J. P. Morgan   January is considered by many to be an important month for stock market returns. The market idiom is that as goes January goes the year. Of course, just because “everyone” knows …  Read More