Historically, February is a bad month for investors. February 2020 was just bad. After a relatively tepid first half of the month global equities sold off hard in the final week as the Corona Virus spread out of China and across the globe. The fallout from the virus hit all the equity indices we … Read More
Financial Market Outlook
Monthly Stock Market Review – January 2020
Sometimes positive momentum at the end of the year continues on when the calendar changes. Other times it comes to a sudden halt. January 2020 saw strength in bonds continue on, commodities fall apart, and the dollar regain some strength while equities generally struggled.U.S. & … Read More
Monthly Stock Market Review – December 2019
Oh what a year it was for stock market investors as 2019 turned out to be a year in which it was hard to lose money in the markets, no matter how aggressive or conservative your portfolio. December was another solid month for stocks with all the domestic and international indexes we follow up … Read More
Monthly Stock Market Review – November 2019
October did not disappoint for stock market investors as, once again, both domestic and international indices were higher for the month. Bonds continued to impress with the Aggregate Bond Index up 0.33% for the month. Commodities were strong as the US dollar index fell more than 2% as the first part … Read More
Monthly Stock Market Review – October 2019
October did not disappoint for stock market investors as, once again, both domestic and international indices were higher for the month. Bonds continued to impress with the Aggregate Bond Index up 0.33% for the month. Commodities were strong as the US dollar index fell more than 2% as the first part … Read More