Equity markets maintained a positive trend in the Thanksgiving holiday shortened week, posting a third consecutive week of gains while interest rates trended sideways (10yr -0.01%) and high yield spreads tightened 0.18% to 4.66% over Trea [...]

The bet that single party control in Washington D.C. will result in big deals on taxes and regulation continued unabated last week.  As we’ve stated, with all politics, reality falls somewhere between changes at the margin and the sweepin [...]

Pundits, pollsters, party insiders and market makers.  What do these people all have in common? The easy answer is that they all made the wrong call on the Trump v. Clinton election.  The more difficult idea to unpackage is why. Exit poll [...]

Markets Last week ended with a 9th consecutive losing session for the S&P 500.  Since 1928, there have only been twelve prior occurrences of nine consecutive losing sessions, the last one happening in 1980.  Performance in the one and [...]

Markets were given quite a lot to digest last week from several angles.  Record M&A activity, political headlines, firming sovereign yields, peak earnings season, and a busy economic calendar were all notable driving forces behind mar [...]

Whether you’re doing it for the first time or the tenth, identifying a financial advisor who is a good fit for you and your financial situation can be a daunting task.  Before you start Googling “Financial Advisors,” here are five things [...]

U.S. equity markets meandered around much like they have since the S&P 500 hit an all-time high in mid-August.  Last week the market focus was on early indications of 3Q earnings season, the complexion of Washington DC post 11/9, and [...]