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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: Robert R. Shaw
The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak is driving fear and market volatility in China and throughout the world.
U.S equity markets began the new decade seamlessly from 2019.
Starting a new year, and even a new decade, tends to nudge us to think about our future self, something people probably do not do often enough!
By: John E. Silvia
A Question on Prosperity
Several years ago, a TV commercial ended with the comment that “luck is for rabbits.” So it is for investing.
It scarcely seemed possible one year ago – shortly after the S&P 500 dropped 9% between the Fed’s last meeting of the year and Christmas Eve –
By: Robert R. Shaw
Summaries of manager performance and simulations of hypothetical portfolios commonly include trailing time periods up to ten years.
