Phew…that was a week, wasn’t it?  Needless to say, the world is in full-on panic mode over Covid-19. And the markets are along for the ride. The S&P500 ended the week down 11.49% (down nearly 13% from the close on February 18th).  The [...]

Reports over the weekend of further Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreaks in South Korea and Italy have caused a fairly sizeable correction in the stock market. At the close of markets today, the S&P500 was down 3.35%, the EuroStoxx50 was [...]

The holiday shortened week (Presidents Day) saw the S&P notch another new record high but ultimately finished lower along with treasury yields as weak economic data on Friday and mounting CoVid-19 concerns overtook sentiment. Commodit [...]

We aren’t fans of Hallmark holidays but markets did show us a little love on this week ending on Valentine's Day.  All eleven U.S. sectors posted gains with the overall market enjoying gains of approximately 1.5%. Developed (0.40%) and em [...]

Corporate earnings, encouraging economic reports, and some feel good trade developments overcame continued anxiety surrounding Chinese growth and coronavirus. Equity markets in the U.S. notched new record highs while interest rates backed [...]

Extreme bullish sentiment from earlier in the month took an about face in light of unquantifiable economic fallout surrounding coronavirus (‘CoV’).  Equities, commodities, and interest rates all moved lower in lockstep.  Domestic equities [...]

TL/DR:  Our “Too Long/Didn’t Read” Section of the quarterly update is proving popular, so we’re going to keep it going.  Here’s your 30-second version.  Read on to get the meat of the story! 2019 Year in Review: 2019 proved to be a great [...]