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…
U.S. stocks finished the year with a loss for the first time since 2008. Market participants worried primarily about the possibility of an economic slowdown in the coming year and an aggressive Federal Reserve continuing to normalize monetary policy through continued rate hikes. Yields on the fixed income benchmark 10-year…
The S&P 500 index recovered from a sluggish start to the year to post a gain of 3.4% for the 2nd Quarter. Concerns over U.S. tariffs and escalating trade wars slowed the equity market rally but have not derailed it. Technology and consumer discretionary stocks were the strongest performers for…
Some uncertainty returned to U.S. equity markets in Q1 as concerns grew about a spike in inflation and the potential for more interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. Stocks had some challenging days in February and March, and the S&P 500 Index saw its first quarterly loss in over…