Last year is a hard act for stocks to follow. After the equity market’s strong performance in 2019, it would not have been surprising to see stocks take a breather
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Can we find some clues to what 2020 might hold? Ron Rough, FSA’s Director of Portfolio Management, shares some of his thoughts. January Stock Market Update Transcript Hello. This is
It’s hard to believe we are entering the year 2020. I can remember as an adolescent thinking that 2020 was so far in the future (I would be turning 60
This is the time of year when spirits are lifted in anticipation of the holiday revelry to come. Historically, the joy of the season has extended to the stock market,
Here we go again. By this time next year, we will all have survived another presidential election. But a year in the political process can seem like an eternity with
After a strong first half, stocks take a breather in the third quarter. Ron Rough, our Director of Portfolio Management, gives an update about the catalysts affecting the market and
The returns from stocks in the first half of the year were the strongest we’ve seen in over 30 years. So it should not be surprising that markets cooled off
What’s the big deal about yield curve inversion? Derek Kravitz, FSA Investment Analyst, discusses this phenomenon in our August 2019 video market update. August Stock Market Update Hi everybody.
On August 14, the S&P 500 dropped nearly 3%, and the Dow shed 800 points, making it the worst one-day decline of 2019. The cause? A yield curve inversion in
Has the Fed become beholden to the markets, and have the markets become too dependent on the Fed? In this month’s video market update, Mary Ann Drucker, FSA’s Assistant Portfolio