Market Perspectives
By: Wade Austin
Riding a red-hot streak of five consecutive monthly gains, stocks finally cooled in September.
By: Wade Austin
Following July’s strong performance and entering a softer stretch of the calendar, many assumed equity markets would take a breather in August.
By: Wade Austin
Initially propelled by an expectation smashing 4.8M June jobs gained report and sustained by the announcement of several promising phase III clinical trials for Covid-19 vaccines, equity markets continued their remarkably persistent rally in July.
By: Wade Austin
2Q 2020 felt like the longest, slowest three months for many, but in capital markets, everything moved at warp speed.
By: Wade Austin
The “black swan event” for markets was turning off the U.S.
By: Wade Austin
From February 19th to March 23rd, the S&P 500 fell 34% as the “Great Lockdown” wreaked economic havoc and sparked alarming Depression fears.
By: Wade Austin
The four most dangerous words in investing are said to be, “This time is different.” Yet today, “unprecedented” is clearly more factual than hyperbole.
By: Wade Austin
After ending January with a minor 3% pullback upon the emergence of the coronavirus in China, the S&P 500 surged 5% to an all-time high of 3386 on February 19th, responding to better than expected corporate earnings and early signs of a global manufacturing recovery.
By: Wade Austin
U.S equity markets began the new decade seamlessly from 2019.