Given everything that has already happened in 2020, it may seem as though the market has all but forgotten about another major event looming on the horizon: the 2020 US
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When the economy was in the throes of collapse back in March, the Federal Reserve made a monumental announcement. It was establishing liquidity facilities whereby it would step in and
A common saying in our industry is, “Hope is not an investment strategy.” This means it is risky to invest your hard-earned nest egg into something you hope will happen.
In June 2004, National Geographic magazine’s cover article portrayed a packed interstate highway with bold letters that read “The End of Cheap Oil.” They were not alone in this assessment
The market update for March began with “how quickly things can change.” Well, the same can be said for the month of April. While the S&P 500 dropped over 12%
How quickly things can change. There is a Chinese saying (or curse) that says, “May you live in interesting times.” Well, these certainly qualify as interesting times. Three months ago,
Last month, my colleague Mary Ann Drucker wrote an FSA Market Update on how the coronavirus has affected the stock market compared with previous health scares such as SARS and
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
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,