Summary The markets experienced as much volatility last quarter as we normally see in a full year, but it was mostly to the upside.  Several of 2022’s most underperforming assets…

Trademark Financial Market Update – March 2, 2023 I am inclined to see the stock market as a tug of war between bullish (upward) and bearish (downward) impulses.  During a…

Summary First of all, we are happy to report that the fourth quarter of 2022 was a positive one for both stocks and bonds.  This allowed the year to finish…

Summary As hard as it would have been to believe, three months ago, that the stock and bond market could both continue to decline, they both did.  U.S. stocks gave…

Trademark Financial Market Update – August 29, 2022 1) The big news today was always going to be the market reaction to Fed Chairman Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech. Powell wasn’t…