NEWS & COMMENTARY

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 […]

In 1913, Congress created the Federal Reserve to “provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.” It is doubtful that anyone could have […]