Financial Market Outlook

The month of December did not go as investors would have hoped. Unlike most December’s past, the equity markets set aside the “Santa Clause Rally” and settled for the worst December performance since the 1930s. International equities, while still down, performed relatively better than U.S. stock …  Read More

November was a positive month for equity investors as the US-based indexes we follow were all positive for the month as international indices continued their slide. Bonds and the dollar were slightly positive. Selling off hard for the month were commodities.U.S.  & International Stock …  Read More

Bad things can happen to equity prices in October and 2018 is no exception. All the equity indices we follow – both domestic and global – performed poorly, even as prices rebounded in the final two sessions of the month. The selling was not confined to stocks as bonds and commodity prices were down …  Read More

Large cap U.S. equities continued to roll higher in September as both the Dow Industrials and S&P 500 hit new all-time highs. Smaller stocks, represented by the S&P 600 and S&P 400 respectively, posted losses for the month. Global equities were modestly higher. Our bond index reversed …  Read More