What are algorithms? How do algorithms affect the stock market? In this month’s Video Market Update, Mary Ann Drucker, FSA’s Assistant Portfolio Manager, answers these questions and explains how […]
It may have all started with the 1968 epic film 2001: A Space Odyssey–the iconic battle between man and machine. With their ability to make calculations at lightning speed, computers […]
Stocks continued to march higher in April, trying to break out of their 15-month trading range. At month’s end, the S&P 500 index was just peeking at new highs. Large-cap […]
Sell in May and go away? Derek Kravitz, FSA’s Investment Analyst explains the history behind this phrase and how FSA is keeping it in mind as we approach the historically […]
Stock markets around the world continue to recover from the sharp sell-off in the fourth quarter of last year, though the rally showed signs of slowing down in March as […]
Q1 2019 was the best quarter the S&P 500 has had since 1998. Will this smooth sailing continue, or does the inversion of the yield curve signal rough waters […]
Stocks continued to forge higher in February, frustrating many investors who expected stocks to follow their historical tendency and retest the low levels hit in late December. Instead, stocks of […]
February was a quiet month as the stock market continued its upward trend and re-entered the trading range that was established in early 2018. Will the upward trend continue […]
After stocks posted the worst December decline since 1931, they promptly rebounded in January and posted the best January return since 1987. And the returns were broad based, with smaller […]