Trademark Market Perspective for 2/13/18
The continuation of the negative response of bonds to the strengthening economy and more importantly, to the normalization of interest rates, began to spill over into the stock market on…
Quarterly Market Perspective for 4Q17
Summary There is really nothing negative one can say about 2017 in terms of the stock market. Returns were great almost anywhere one invested. A lot of market-friendly events occurred…
Trademark Market Perspective for 12/28/17
Bonds made a move lower over the last couple of weeks most likely in response to the apparent inevitability of the new tax law lowering corporate tax rates. This development encouraged…
Market Perspective for November 15th, 2017
The global stock markets seem “tired” right now. It has been a very good year, with the S&P 500 up around 17% with dividends included and EAFE up just under…
3Q17 Quarterly Market Perspective
Summary The stock rally continued into summer as the S&P 500 tacked on 4.48% in the third quarter.[1] That brings the year-to-date gain to just over 14%. There is an…