News of global slowdowns, trade wars and presidential impeachment couldn’t derail stocks as the U.S. equity market recorded one of its strongest years in recent history with the S&P 500 Index ending 2019 near all-time highs. All sectors except for energy experienced annual gains. Interest rates finished the year on…
Stocks whipsawed in Q2-rising in April, falling through May, then recovering in June-but the S&P 500 Index managed a 4.3% gain for the three-month period. Economic reports for the quarter continued to show strength in the U.S. economy, but investors grew concerned over increasing risks og a global slowdown. Stock…
U.S. stocks rebounded in the 1st Quarter of 2019 following a difficult Q4 from the previous year. Stock investors were buoyed in January by the Federal Reserve’s decision to pause on interest rates hikes, but signs of a global slowdown weighed on market gains later in the quarter. These fears…
A major rewrite of the U.S. tax code passed in Q4, bringing big changes for individual and business taxpayers. The fiscal stimulus from tax reform should provide a near-term boost to the U.S. economy, which is already humming along at a strengthening clip. U.S. stocks finished 2017 on a strong…
Investors faced a wide range of external challenges in the 3rd Quarter of 2017: two destructive hurricanes, turbulence on the political front, a potential government shutdown. Read our 2017 Quarter 3 Review to learn more about six significant events and how they affected the financial market.