Despite what going in appeared to be a brewing cocktail of worries for investors set against a backdrop of above-average valuations and historic-low volatility, September 2017 will be one for the history books. It concluded as the least volatile September in 66 years. The month also saw the S&P log its 41st record high of […]

As is always the case, the number of developments relevant to financial markets over the last two weeks was numerous. That said, the pace of change feels more robust than usual; perhaps this feeling is a normal awakening following what are often sleepy and low-volume summer seasons, but there is much to review. Headlines range […]

It was a busy, eventful week despite being shortened by the Labor Day holiday. Just a week after the destruction created by hurricane Harvey in Texas, another massive storm system was threatening virtually the entire state of Florida in what can only be thought of as a one-two punch for the US by mother nature […]

Despite what felt like one of the first bouts of increasing volatility amid sharply rising geopolitical risk and ongoing turmoil coming from inside Washington, US stock indexes managed to close out the month of August positive on both the S&P500 and Dow. One might consider it a major moral victory when reflecting all that went […]