The U.S. Dollar remains a very powerful force. If you had to point your finger to one instrument driving the bus for all the others, then the U.S. Dollar has to be it. Its strength comes from the weakness of other economies and markets, and the fact that the...
The recent soft jobs numbers are unlikely to produce panic at the Federal Reserve about the health of the jobs market, but the report does reduce the likelihood the central bank will raise interest rates at its policy meeting later this month perhaps not for the...
On Thursday August 20, the S&P dropped 2.1%, placing it just below its March low and starting a period of volatility we haven’t seen since early 2009. The August decline in the S&P 500 was 5.5% with an intra month low hitting negative 11.3%. This was the...
It has been about six years since the market hit its lows during the great financial crises. While many investors are celebrating gains from the bull market that has occurred since, they forget the preponderance of gains simply got them back to even! Several notable...
By Kelly Compton, Chief Investment Officer of WCM Wealth Management Year to date the market is up 13.69% as measured by the S&P 500 and the bond market is up just over 5.76% as measured by the Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index. Everyone is cheering falling gas...
