October 1st, 2021 September lived up to its reputation of being a historically challenging month for markets. The S&P 500 slipped -4.80% for its worst monthly performance since March 2020. Despite the month’s performance, the index managed to eke out a small gain for the quarter. The monthly decline was driven by investors’ growing wariness…
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September 24th, 2021 It was a roller coaster ride for markets as various headlines dominated the tape in an otherwise light week for economic news. Monday kicked off with a broad market sell-off which sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 614 points. The sell-off was sparked by investor fears that trouble in China’s property…
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September 17th, 2021 For the second consecutive week, stocks struggled to find direction as concerns over the economic impact of the Covid-19 delta variant across the globe outweighed this week’s otherwise healthy, U.S. economic data. U.S. consumers bucked economists’ gloomy forecasts, which had predicted a -0.80% drop in August retail spending. Instead, buyers pushed sales…
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