Market Commentary Q3/2019
Market Summary: The stock market is seasonally influenced in the third quarter, as summer vacations result in light trading volume and generally anemic price [...]
ISM Manufacturing and September Jobs Report
The services and sectors of the economy are currently painting two different pictures. Last week the manufacturing reading declined for the second month in [...]
The Q3/2019 “Great Rotation” in Stocks
SUMMARY: Stocks performed admirably during the third quarter, posting a 1.7% total return. Under the hood, there was a “great rotation” from past winners [...]
August Jobs Report
The all-important August jobs report was released this morning with slightly disappointing results. The headline employment figure came in at 130,000, which was 30,000 [...]
Fixed Income Duration
SUMMARY: The goal of this post is to give an intuitive overview of the concept of duration as opposed to a math centric view [...]