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Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Fixed income’s negative returns have been historic so far in 2022, with the U.S. Aggregate index down roughly 11%. No fixed income sector has been immune to hot inflation prints and rising rates (e.g., 10-year … Continue reading...
Monday, June 27, 2022 With the S&P 500 moving into a bear market and the first half of the year since shaping up as one of the worst ever, many investors are wondering if we have yet seen the bear … Continue reading...
Friday, June 24, 2022 Index Performance View enlarged chart. U.S. and International Equities U.S. Markets Finish Higher The U.S. major market indexes finished higher, reversing three straight weeks of losses. Even as investors remain concerned about the possibility...
Thursday, June 23, 2022 As both consumers and the Federal Reserve battle persistent, rising inflation, one of the most prominent inflationary tailwinds has been broad based commodity price increases. But could that tailwind to inflation be turning into a headwind?...
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 Summer is finally here, but 2022 is still shaping up to be one of the worst years for investors ever. That’s the bad news, the good news is the year isn’t over yet and here are … Continue reading...
Friday, June 17, 2022 Index Performance View enlarged chart. U.S. and International Equities U.S. Markets Finish Lower The U.S. major market indexes finished lower for the third straight week. This week’s hawkish stance taken by central banks globally challenged...
Friday, June 17, 2022 Undoubtedly the most important story of the past week is the historic move in interest rates. While this is a trend that has been firmly in place for months, it has accelerated even more following … Continue reading...
Thursday, June 16, 2022 The Federal Reserve concluded its two day policy meeting yesterday and announced that it was raising its benchmark rate by 0.75% to a range of 1.5 – 1.75%, the first 0.75% move since November 1994. The … Continue reading...
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 It finally happened. On Monday the S&P 500 Index moved into a bear market, finally closing 20% beneath the January 3 high. Here are 7 things to know about bear (and bull) markets: Since World War … Continue reading...
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 To say the bond market didn’t like Friday’s (June 10) consumer inflation report would be an understatement. After the report showed headline inflation at the highest levels since the 1980s, yields across the front end of … Continue reading...