Market Review – November 2023
Markets rallied in November giving investors plenty for which to be thankful.
Market Review – October 2023
Markets across global equity and fixed income added a third month of decline in October.
Market Review – August 2023
Markets took a step back in August as sentiment shifted surrounding Fed policy.
Market Review – July 2023
Markets posted favorable returns in July as investors found renewed optimism in economic data being reported, even in the face of year-over-year earnings declines.
Market Review – May 2023
Market volatility persisted in May as investors tried to digest potential Fed policy action in June and the possibility of a U.S. default should a deal not be reached to raise the debt limit.
Market Review – April 2023
The sanguine April return of headline indexes hides the churn underneath. Equity and fixed income indexes alike posted modestly positive returns overall with year-to-date trends for 2023 continuing in April;
Market Review – February 2023
Strong economic data raised market expectations for additional rate hikes in total of 0.5% by year end. While perhaps overdone, this speaks to how much the Fed has already raised rates, and that the end is perhaps near on rising rates.
Market Review – January 2023
Broad asset classes kicked off the new year higher after a not-so-jolly December. Sentiment turned decidedly positive based on slowing wage and job growth and cooling price pressures. These trends provided optimism for a less hawkish Fed pushing investor expectations from a 0.50% Fed move in February to a 0.25% as of January 31, 2023.
2023 Outlook
Goodbye TINA (There is No Alternative)
Our investment views are based on a simple idea: as facts change, so may our outlook. The last few years have been an interesting period for this ethos as our annual outlook is beginning to feel like a game of ping-pong, oscillating between bulls and bears, as the environment shifts around us. Our 2021 outlook, […]
Market Review – September 2022
For much of August, markets were heating up in the wake of a relatively favorable earnings season. But, much like a child’s summer ends with a new school year, the August rally ended following the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in the second to last week of the month.