Market Commentary | March 1, 2022
Last week, Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision ignited the biggest military conflict in Europe since World War II. The war is already
Last week, Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision ignited the biggest military conflict in Europe since World War II. The war is already
Investors’ appetite for risk diminished as the Russian threat to Ukraine intensified. Volatility was high last week as investors guessed and second-guessed how markets would
Why did stock markets in the United States finish the week lower? If this were Jeopardy, acceptable answers to that question might include: Rising inflation.
A rosy view through the rearview mirror. To say that economists did not have great expectations for the January employment report might be understating their
Last week, the January stock market decline was interrupted by a Friday afternoon rally. “The S&P 500 rose 2.4 percent, its biggest one-day jump since
When is a barometer not a barometer? It’s widely recognized that people do not make perfect financial decisions. In fact, many investors rely on mental
Income investing is a strategy that seeks to provide investors with passive income from the assets they hold. This strategy may be attractive to people
A company that wants to supplement its employees’ salary with equity compensation can do so in a variety of ways. The most popular is the
Is the economy doing well, or not? If you skimmed the headlines last week, you may have seen that retail sales – the purchases we
Here’s a little story about a group called the Fed… In the 1950’s, then Fed Chair William McChesney Martin described the Federal Reserve as “the