Market Commentary

U.S. Stocks: The U.S. stock market continued to set new records, as the S&P 500 Index increased 9.1% in Q4 (+ 31.5% FY 2019). Information Technology continued to be the strongest performing sector, increasing 14.39% in Q4 (+ 50.28% FY...

U.S. Stocks: The U.S stock market continued to set new records, as the S&P 500 Index increased 1.7% in Q3 (+ 20.6% YTD). The Information Technology sector (up 31.4% YTD) remains the best performer so far this year, but Q3...

U.S. Stocks: After impressive gains in the first quarter (Q1), the U.S. stock market continued to rally in the second quarter (Q2). U.S. stocks notched the strongest first half of a year since 1997, increasing 17.35% as measured by the...

The Bottom Line S&P 500 up +1.32% Stoxx Europe 600 up +1.80% Shanghai Composite Index up +1.42% So What Happened? The S&P 500 registered its second +1% move of the week, closing up 1.32%, while broader Europe and Asia ended...

The Bottom Line S&P 500 up +1.07% Stoxx Europe 600 up +0.35% Shanghai Composite Index up +1.36% So What Happened? The S&P 500 inched up +1.07% today, making this just the 3rd +/- 1% move of 2019 and the first...

The Bottom Line S&P 500 up +3.43% Stoxx Europe 600 up +2.83% Shanghai Composite Index up +2.05% So What Happened? The New Year’s party rallied today as almost all major stock indices surged across the globe. In the U.S. the...

The Bottom Line S&P 500 down –2.48% Stoxx Europe 600 down –0.98% Shanghai Composite Index down –0.04% So What Happened? It only took two days for the U.S. stock market to register its first 1% move of 2019 as the...