Initial post G-20 optimism on trade with China faded and stocks fell for the week. The arrest of Chinese telecom giant Huawei’s CFO in Canada over alleged Iran sanctions violations threatened to escalate tensions. Meanwhile, Friday’s jobs report showed the...
In November, equity markets recouped some of the losses from October. Headline returns for the month understate choppiness along the way. Steep losses in select high-momentum tech stocks indicate that long-standing trends are being tested. Increased sector...
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On Friday, Marriott announced that the guest reservation database for it’s Starwood Hotels (which includes the Westin and St. Regis hotel chains) had suffered a massive data breach, affecting the records of an estimated 500 million U.S. customers going...
Global equity markets officially entered correction territory over last 2+ months, dropping over 10% from previous highs in September through October with significant volatility through November. This week markets began to rebound again, finishing both the...
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The past week was full of familiar themes and big moves ahead of the shortened holiday trading week. There were flashes of 2015 energy price drops and 2016 Brexit headlines, but it was the continued 2018 themes of tech routs and U.S./China trade agreement...
It was a busy week with the midterm elections, the Fed’s policy meeting, as well as ongoing quarterly earnings announcements. There was a strong global rally leading up to the midterms, which continued through Wednesday after most results had been announced....
What do we know about the basics of investing? Buy low sell high. Diversify. Invest for the long-term. Sounds easy, but it’s not. Every day I talk to investors who understand these concepts but have difficulty executing them. For many, the gap between the...
Volatility returned to US stocks in October, providing a reminder of the benefits of diversification at both the asset class and sector level. Major US indexes flirted with correction territory before rebounding in the final two days. International stocks,...
