U.S. equities ended the second week of April with the largest weekly recovery ever. We don’t think this will hold. Uncertainty and credit Issues are the two biggest challenges for markets. The markets are not looking for the light at the end of the tunnel, only that...
U.S. equities ended the first quarter of 2020 with the worst quarterly performance ever. The S&P 500 lost 20 % while the Dow was down 23.2% the somewhat resilient NASDAQ finished down 14.18% What is causing this precipitous drop? Not the economic data, at least...
With such fear and concern manifested in the markets over the past few weeks we wanted to address investor’s concerns and perhaps calm some fears. I believe the 2nd quarter of 2020, ending June, will be the worst quarter in terms of GDP since the (8.4%) experienced in...
The markets finish February in turmoil with the Dow setting at a negative 11.98% year-to-date, the S&P 500 setting at negative 9.33% and the NASDAQ setting at negative 5.77%. Following a volatile January, the markets set an all-time high February 19 but then the...
U.S. equities ended the month of January on a sour note. The S&P 500 lost 1 % while the Dow was down 2.1%. The only major market index that held positive territory was the NASDAQ, which advanced 1.4%. January was a pretty volatile month for the markets. As we rang...
