After a rough December, we have seen a very strong showing in the stock market at the beginning of 2019. U.S. stocks sur…
Reflecting on Recent Market Volatility: Why Discipline Is Still Your Best Defense
We experienced another rough patch in the market last week. A trade truce with China appeared to be a welcome developmen…
Market Sound Bite: Market Volatility Is Up… Again
Monday was a challenging day for the markets, as we saw sharp declines of 2% in U.S. large-cap stocks. The rout was fuel…
Market Sound Bite: Ten-Year Anniversary
Ten-Year Anniversary Last week, we hit an important milestone in the financial markets — ten years ago, on September 15,…
Market Reflections for Second Quarter 2018
Calling the second quarter of 2018 “eventful” would be an understatement. On one hand, we had inflation pressure continu…
What Should the Average Person Know About Investing in Blockchain?
In our previous article, we asked Girish Ramachandra, a senior manager in the technology consulting division of our affi…
Market Sound Bite: Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
These past few weeks have played out like a geopolitical reality TV drama. First, we called off the Iran nuclear deal, t…
When Should You Consider Investing in Private Equity?
As an analyst, one of the first private equity deals to capture my attention was the buyout of high-fashion women’s shoe…
Market Reflections for First Quarter 2018
After a stellar 2017, where markets reaped handsome returns on all fronts, investors found themselves surrounded by trou…
Tariffs, Trade Wars and Technology Stocks
This article was co-authored by John Bussel, co-Chief Investment Officer of Hewins Financial | Wipfli Hewins. Last week …