Market Perspective for March 3rd, 2017
So far this has been a great year for investors. The US stock market was up 5.6% year-to-date through February and overseas markets are up 4.1%.[1] Bonds, as measured by…
Quarterly Perspective for 4Q16
Summary The U.S. stock market rallied to new highs last quarter. Investors appeared to be nervous leading up to the election, but whatever concerns they had quickly faded against the…
Market Perspective for January 10th, 2017
The first week of 2017 is in the books and this is what we learned: Foreign stocks really like it when the U.S. dollar stops rising. Emerging markets especially. The…
Trademark Market Perspective for December 28th, 2016
Scoreboard The S&P 500 has added another 3.08% so far this month, lifting its year-to-date advance to 12.7%. The EAFE foreign stock index is up 2.4% on the month, dragging…
Market Perspective for December 3, 2016
Market Perspective November was a very good month for U.S. stocks, but not much else. Even among U.S. stocks there was a very high dispersion between the best and worst…