The first half of 2021 has been a good one for investors. On the back of a reopening global economy markets at home and across the globe have performed better than many expected. When one considers the performance of the equity markets in 2019 and 2020 the investment environment looks even brighter. … Read More
Monthly Stock Market Review – May 2021
The stock market only moves in one direction … or so it seems these days. May was another good month for equity investors with all the major indices we follow producing positive gains. Laggards were the S&P 500 and the mid-cap S&P600 indexes as the MSCI EAFE led the march higher. The … Read More
Monthly Stock Market Review – April 2021
The stock market continued to move higher during the month of April as all the indexes we follow moving higher for the month. Of note, the large cap indexes – S&P 500 and the Dow Industrials – outperformed the small cap index for the first time in a while. One month doesn’t make a trend, but it … Read More
Monthly Stock Market Review – November 2020
“The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change." – Charles Dow November turned out to be one heck of a year … errrr, MONTH!!! … for investors. If you take a look at the returns listed below those are not typos you see, but the real monthly returns for the equity … Read More
Monthly Stock Market Review – October 2020
"Life and investing are long ball games." - Sir John Templeton “The world has a funny way of not coming to an end.” – James Grant Every year we get to October and we are never really sure what’s going to happen with the stock market. See, this is the one month that historically has … Read More