Welcome to the second half of 2022. It’s been a very ”fascinating” ride, hasn’t it? Stocks fell for another straight quarter, with the MSCI All Country World IMI Index dropping nearly 16% and major indices entering bear market territory...
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What a difference a single quarter makes! At this time just three short months ago everything was looking rosy after another strong year in 2021. In January's market update, we wrote that after two stellar years in the stock...
And just like that, two years have passed since the spring of 2020. Two years since none of us had a clue how long COVID would linger … or how quickly today would arrive. Time can confound us that...
Wow, what a crazy year. If there was ever going to be a year to prove, once and for all, that the prognosticators and so-called financial gurus cannot consistently predict near-term future market performance, 2021 brought that message home...
Market Update: Q2 2021 2021 is rolling by and the second quarter came and went with a lot going on: vaccines, inflation concerns, jobs recovery, and more. Now that we can check another quarter off our list, let’s take...
Market Update: First Quarter 2021 By: Angela Wright, CFP®, FEA Well folks, the year we collectively loathed has finally ended and we have a little distance from it! Although January started off rocky (and we were all wondering...
Market Update: 2020 Year in Review The year 2020 proved to be one of the most tumultuous in modern history, marked by a number of developments that were historically unprecedented. But the year also demonstrated the resilience of people,...
The first half of 2020 has been both historic and unforgettable, for all the wrong reasons. In February, stocks were setting record highs with economic activity continuing the slow and steady growth out from the Great Financial Crisis a...