It’s been a tough year for many investors and we don’t think we’re in a position yet to call a tactical bottom for either stocks or bonds. But looking out strategically, based on better valuations and still solid fundamentals, we think the long-term outlook has brightened quite a bit.
The Federal Reserve ended its two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting yesterday with a 50 basis point (0.50%) hike in short-term interest rates — broadly in line with market expectations.
With the S&P 500 Index in correction territory while the market faces a number of big threats, studying market history for reminders of the benefits of long-term investing can be helpful.
The selloff continued on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 Index down 7.8% in the usually bullish month of April. With three days to go, this could go down as the worst April since a 9.0% drop in 1970.
The unrelenting move higher in U.S. Treasury yields continued last week making it the 15th week (out of the past 16 weeks) that the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury security ended the week higher.
One of the biggest stories over the past few weeks has been the inversion of various points on the U.S. Treasury yield curve. Here are ten things to know about the yield curve.
After the rough start to 2022, last week’s move higher was a nice change. By no means is this an all clear signal, but market direction last week could be a clue that better times could be coming.
As painful a start to the year as it has been for equity and core fixed income investors, it doesn’t change, in our view, the argument for more conservative investors to own core bonds in a diversified portfolio.
Global stock markets are selling off hard after Russian military forces attacked a broad range of targets across Ukraine last night while Russian President Putin vowed to replace Ukraine’s government. What does it all mean for stocks and the economy?
It’s Super Bowl weekend, so we’re having a little fun sharing historical correlations between the winner of the game and the stock market. Happy Super Bowl weekend!
