Insights
Our Perspective on the Recent Bank Failures
The following addresses our thoughts regarding events that recently transpired at two U.S. banks—Silvergate Bank and Silicon Valley Bank—as well as the government response to the challenges at these institutions and the likely market impact.
Solid 2023 Start to U.S. Markets Faded Some in February…What’s Next?
Be curious, not judgmental.”— attributed to Walt Whitman. The nice break in January represented a respite from negative karma in 2022. The S&P 500 surged more than 6% in January, and leadership clearly centered on the more aggressive areas of this large-cap index....
Great Start to 2023. What Will the Rest of the Year Bring?
The U.S. stock market broke out of the gate in style and good fashion in this new year. It provided a nice breather from the negativity we all felt throughout 2022. The S&P 500 advanced over 6% in January, which marked the best January for this index since...
Investors Say Good Riddance to 2022. What’s in Store for 2023?
Last year was simply painful. All three major large-cap U.S. equity indices were in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 8.8%, the S&P 500 fell 19.4%, and the tech-laden Nasdaq took a -33.1% nosedive.¹ Headlines note that this was the weakest...
Markets Rally Post-Midterm Elections—Will It Continue?
Following midterm elections, November 2022 was good to investors, which tracks with historical post-election norms. The tech-laden Nasdaq rose nearly 5.5% for the month and both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose almost 6% in the 30-day period.1...
Was the October Rally Just a Head Fake or Will It Continue?
“Don’t do something, just stand here.” — American Investor and Philanthropist, Jack Bogle We all have heard that often-repeated quote from Mark Twain, “October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January,...