Market Commentaries

After the NVIDIA-driven first half of the year, equity markets broadened during the third quarter. Small cap stocks, emerging and developed non-US markets posted double-digit

Four growth stocks – NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet – contributed over 100% of the S&P 500’s 4.3% return during the second quarter. The average

Tech Giants Lead Q1 Equity Market Surge Equity markets continued to rally through the first quarter. The ‘Magnificent Seven’ (Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon.com, Meta, Tesla,

Stock and bond markets rallied in the fourth quarter as moderating inflation led the Federal Reserve to signal an end to rate hikes. The so-called

The S&P 500 posted a small decline in the third quarter, reducing the year-to-date return of the index to 13.1%. Large cap growth and value

The 16.9% year-to-date return of the S&P 500 was one of the strongest starts in market history and re-couped most of the losses from last

Equity markets shrugged off the turmoil in the banking sector, with the S&P 500 returning 4.2% for the month of March and 7.5% for the

Global equity markets ended with a modest fourth quarter rally that reduced the pain somewhat, but still resulted in the worst calendar year performance since

The quarter began with an 11% gain for the S&P 500, but the rally quickly faded, leaving stock and bond markets to plumb new lows

With a -20.0% return during the first half of the year, the S&P 500 officially met the somewhat arbitrary criteria for a bear market.  An