NEWS & COMMENTARY

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 […]

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 […]