04 May Should Investors Bail on Bonds?
Bonds are off to a rough start in 2022. The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, the proxy for core US bonds, has declined nearly 6% in the first three months...
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24 Mar Russia-Ukraine War: The Crude Awakening
The Russia-Ukraine war is a humanitarian disaster. While this latest insight focuses on the impact of the war on global economies and markets, in hopes for a resolution to this...
07 Mar The Uncertainty of War
The one thing that is certain when geopolitical events take hold is that uncertainty runs rife, and the one thing that investors and the markets don’t like is uncertainty....
20 Jan The Hidden Risk in the Stock Market
2021 delivered another stellar year in US stock markets. The S&P 500 index, a commonly used benchmark to measure the US stock market, generated 26.9% excluding dividends....
01 Nov Will Inflation be Permanently Temporary?
Inflation remains a topic of concern in 2021 as the prices of goods and services have continued to increase....
04 Oct Is Gold Losing Its Shine?
A safe haven during the 2020 pandemic, gold rose 20.9% and outperformed the S&P 500 index which gained 18.7%....
27 Sep Is there a Bubble in the Real Estate Market?
If you know anyone who is in the market for a home, then you have likely heard anecdotes on how they were outbid multiple times with offers higher than the...
29 Jul Beyond the Inflation Headlines
Inflation remains a topic of concern in 2021. There are two key measures of inflation, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) preferred measure of Core Personal...
22 Jun Understanding the Meme Stock Mania
Over the last year shares of movie theater company AMC Entertainment holdings, Inc. (AMC) and a retail video game store GameStop Corp. (GME) have soared...
20 May History of Tax Hikes and Market Impact
Last year, we visited the topic of higher taxes and the impact on markets during the election season. In 2021, with various proposed tax increases to fund the American Jobs...
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