Halloween Arrives Early: Investors Spooked By Swift Rise in Bond Yields – 10/11/18
What a difference 8 days can make! After turning in the best quarterly performance in several years, the new month and start of 4Q has been no friend to investors. If you’ve been following the financial media at all in the last week or so, you are aware that the recent market stress is being […]
“A Great Story Never Told” & “Flying on One Engine” – Nvest Nsights Q3 Newsletter
In our quarterly newsletter that follows, the two feature articles are titled: “A Great Story Never Told” and “Flying on One Engine”. The first discusses the prevailing skepticism, or even outright pessimism, that may best characterize the consensus of investors’ psychological mindset relating to what is now the longest bull market in US history. The second article explores […]
“The Best Laid Plans…”
It’s often said that “no matter how carefully something is planned, things may still go awry”. The saying is adapted from a well-known line in the Poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns. Perhaps Mr. Burns was in the process of retirement planning when crafting this poem? Regardless, its cautionary tone can be applied. As […]
Tone-Deaf to Midterm Election Uncertainty and Trade? – Week Ended 9/21/18
US indexes continued their ascent higher during the third week of September, with the S&P500 adding +0.9%. The Dow, which tends to be a bit more heavily influenced by industrial sectors and the traditional goods-based economy (rather than services), fared even better with its add of +2.3%; that narrows its relative performance disadvantage against more […]
