After a stellar 2017, where markets reaped handsome returns on all fronts, investors found themselves surrounded by trou…
Market Overview
Perspectives on Volatility
It’s safe to say that the market has shown its volatile side this week, putting investors’ nerves and confidence t…
Market Reflections for Fourth Quarter 2017
2017 ended on a high note, as global equity markets continued to soar. The U.S. economy has been growing at a healthy pa…
Market Reflections for Third Quarter 2017
The third quarter of 2017 saw equity and fixed-income markets continue their upward momentum, both here in the U.S. and …
Market Reflections for Second Quarter 2017
Markets performed well in the second quarter of 2017, especially international-developed and emerging markets. The curre…
Market Reflections for First Quarter 2017
Markets chugged along nicely in the first quarter of 2017, with global equities and bonds all turning in positive return…
Market Reflections for 2016
What a year! From a tumultuous start, with concerns about the health of the Chinese economy and depressed oil prices pla…
A Look Back at the Markets: Third Quarter 2016
After the excitement of the Brexit vote last quarter, markets calmed down in the third quarter, and for the most part, w…
Market Sound Bite: A Volatile but Emerging World
Bring back the Dramamine. After a summer of light chop in the markets, the heavier seas have rolled back in so far this …
Market Sound Bite: Uncharted Territory
My colleague Rafia Hasan wrote a nice piece on negative interest rates, what causes them and whether this all implies lo…