General Market Commentary as of June 30, 2019 The stock and bond markets are displaying a dichotomy of outcomes for the remaining months of 2019. Falling bond yields and an inverted yield curve appears to be signaling slower economic growth. On the other ...
Quarterly Market Perspective This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international ...
General Market Commentary as of March 31, 2019 After a dismal fourth quarter, the first quarter of 2019 got off to a fast start for both bonds and stocks. Coming off its worst quarterly performance since 2011, the S&P 500 rebounded 13.1% in Q1 for ...
General Market Commentary as of December 31, 2018 Stock market Investors certainly are relieved that 2018 is over. No wonder. It was a bruising year, the worst since 2008 during the financial crisis, as the S&P 500 fell 6.2% and a bear market seem ...
General Market Commentary as of September 30, 2018 Global economic growth continues at a steady pace. US GDP came in at a 4.2% annualized rate for the 2nd quarter (reported in the 3rd quarter). The economy is in its 9th year of economic expansion, the 3r ...
General Market Commentary as of June 30, 2018 The volatility introduced into the stock market earlier this year by trade tiffs and tantrums has naggingly persisted into summer. All this has played out against the background of a surging U.S. economy. Whi ...
General Market Commentary as of March 31, 2018 Global equity markets declined in Q1 with investors unnerved first by concerns about the path of US interest rates and then worries over trade. Global bond markets reflected higher inflation, with most major ...
General Market Commentary as of December 31, 2017 U.S. Stocks continued their climb in the fourth quarter as the tax bill became reality and as generally upbeat economic data gave the green light to the Fed to raise rates again causing a pull back in bon ...
General Market Commentary as of September 30, 2017 It’s been a good quarter for global equity markets, with the economic data continuing to point to a healthy global economy. In the US, job vacancies hit the highest level since 2000. In Japan, there are ...
General Market Commentary as of June 30, 2017 Stocks continued to climb during the second quarter, as a Fed rate hike, valuation concerns, and a fluid political landscape in the U.S. didn't dent the market. Investors remain overly cautious expecting some ...
