Market Perspective
Avoid Distraction
A U.S. presidential election year has arrived, and investors might be bracing themselves for the onslaught of campaign commercials and political distractions. Add to the ...
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Expectations vs Reality
2023’s year-end rally helped mark the S&P 500® Index’s sixth strongest annual return in the last 25 years, seemingly fueled by optimism surrounding the direction ...
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The Quality Factor
Investors chase various goals, but often diversification is key and high atop minds amid the current stock-bond correlation conundrum...
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A Correlation Conundrum
Recently, as interest rates have climbed significantly and at a rapid pace, correlation between U.S. long-term government bonds and U.S. large cap stocks reached heights...
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Don’t Get Caught with Your Shorts Down
Shorting vs Selling Volatility – What’s The Difference?So far in 2023 there has been an abundance of headlines driving persistent uncertainty. Risks abound in light ...
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Protection For Less
Higher Rates Lower Protection CostsInterest rates resumed their climb in August, after a reprieve in July, shifting the yield curve higher. For perspective, the 2-Year ...
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A New Environment Supports a Strong First Half
Despite overwhelming expectations of doom and gloom at the beginning of 2023, the equity market had an excellent first half of the year (and continued ...
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For the Times, They Have Changed
Uncertainty persists around the path of the U.S. economy despite the expected summer lull. With the Federal Reserve (the Fed) pausing rate hikes at their ...
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Cuts Can Hurt
There has been much handwringing about the U.S. Federal Reserve’s (the Fed) persistent efforts to tame inflation and tighten monetary policy by increasing interest rates. ...
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Lower, not Low: An Examination of Recent Volatility Trends
Apart from the spike associated with the Silicon Valley Bank led banking crisis in March 2023, volatility, as measured by the Cboe® Volatility Index (the ...
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