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Portfolio Compass | June 19, 2019
We maintain our year-end 2019 fair value target for the S&P 500 Index of 3,000. Despite a slight reduction in our 2019 S&P 500 earnings forecast and heightened trade tensions…
read moreStocks and Fed Rate Cuts | Weekly Market Commentary | June 17, 2019
Stocks have benefited recently from increasing hopes of a Fed rate cut, although investors probably won’t get one this week…
read moreSetting The Stage | Weekly Economic Commentary | June 17, 2019
The Federal Reserve’s (Fed) next policy meeting starts June 18 with a policy announcement due June 19…
read moreMarket Insight Monthly | May 2019
U.S. economic data improved in May on balance, even as investors battled a resurgence in U.S.-China trade tensions…
read moreBull Market For Policy Uncertainty | Weekly Market Commentary | June 10, 2019
Last week stocks enjoyed their best week since November 2018 despite rampant policy uncertainty. Policy uncertainty remains high, particularly around trade, but you wouldn’t know it…
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Outlook 2019: Fundamental – How to Focus on What Really Matters in the Markets
After nearly 10 years of witnessing the U.S economy and stock market recover—and thrive—investors are starting to wonder if we’ve seen all this expansion…
read moreOutlook 2019: Fundamental – How to Focus on What Really Matters in the Markets
After nearly 10 years of witnessing the U.S economy and stock market recover—and thrive—investors are starting to wonder if we’ve seen all this expansion…
read moreMidyear Outlook 2018: The Plot Thickens
When we as investors began 2018, we were tuned into the recent fiscal policy changes that were expected to propel economic activity and the financial markets higher in the coming year…
read moreCCRC – A Growing Trend in Senior Housing
Over my 34 years in the financial services industry I have witnessed many trends driven by demographics. The latest trend involves moving out of a longtime residence to a continuing care retirement community (CCRC).
read moreOutlook 2018 | Return of the Business Cycle
Over the past eight years, extraordinarily accommodative monetary policy has served as the primary catalyst for spurring continued economic growth in the U.S. and around the globe.
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