The second quarter came to a close on Thursday in the midst of a furious rally in the S&P 500 off Monday’s lows, the third strongest end to the first half of the year on record and the strongest final three days since 1962. Looking ba [...]

The British referendum vote on June 23rd was not only the biggest event of the week; it may turn out to be one of the biggest events of the decade, depending on how things unfold from this point forward. The British decision to leave the [...]

On a dramatic day for the UK, European, and global financial markets, we want to provide our clients with a closer look at the Brexit issue, possible implications, and considerations. Let us start by saying we and the market got the outc [...]

After posting a year to date high on Wednesday last week, the S&P 500 saw five consecutive down days and ended this week down over 1% as risk assets reflected anxiety in anticipation of the Brexit vote this week on June 23rd. The narr [...]

Global equity markets turned in a relatively lackluster week with a backdrop of a weak dollar, falling interest rates, and rising oil prices (now up 96% off Feb lows). The S&P 500 reached its year to date high mid-week (within 1% of t [...]

A holiday shortened week with a large amount of economic reports was punctuated with two notable misses on Friday, signaling some distinct FOMC implications. U.S. job creation for May of 38,000 was the lowest print since 2010 and badly mi [...]

In the lead up to the Memorial Day holiday weekend, equity markets voted to cheer the week’s strong economic data rather than fear the potential Fed rate hike response to that same economic data. The S&P 500 climbed 2.3% for its best [...]