The last week of April gave us two high profile central bank meetings, a fair number of economic reports, and a continuance of first quarter earnings season. Overall, equity markets softened in the final week of the month while government [...]

The S&P 500 was bid higher for a second-straight week to a level just 1.9% below its May 2015 all-time high, while most global indices remain well off their prior market highs. Of note in this rally has been more encouraging market br [...]

In a week where most Americans saw how much they paid or owe the U.S. government, the stock market was able to remain rather optimistic, closing only 2.5% below the 2015 high. Interest rates moved up slightly across the curve while commod [...]

The first full week of the second quarter saw a continuation of soft global equity markets and stronger bids for safe haven assets such as U.S. Treasury bonds, gold, and the Japanese Yen. U.S. equity markets turned in their second negativ [...]

Last week delivered a strong conclusion to a very strong month of March which largely offset what was a very tumultuous start to the year. Risk markets were supported last week by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s dovish comments on Tu [...]

Last week produced a mixed bag of economic anecdotes and yet another occurrence of heartbreaking terror attacks, this time in the heart of Europe. Oil and U.S. equities broke their respective five week winning streaks, both losing ground [...]

A dovish tone from the Fed and encouraging economic data helped push risk markets (stocks, high yield bonds, oil) higher last week. U.S. equities pulled themselves into the black for the first time in 2016, oil touched $40, and U.S. Treas [...]