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...
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...