April is Financial Literacy Month. For the entire month, we're going to be covering various financial literacy topics. Below are all the videos from week 1:
After the volatility the past 15 months in the stock and bond markets, we wanted to take a step back and examine the structure of our Cornerstone models. This short video explains what has happened, some of the key drivers behind the performance inside the models, and some of the
Things are breaking
The last few weeks of March were filled with concerns about the banking system as the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank caught most people by surprise. This immediately brought memories of the 2008 Financial Crisis which led to risks of more contagion as deposits
If I told you at the start of the year we'd have the second largest bank failure in the history of our country in March, you'd probably expect the stock and bond markets to have a rough quarter. While we saw a short sell-off, stocks finished the month with a
The markets appear to be stabilizing. The thought is the Fed, FDIC, and Treasury Department have successfully eliminated the risk of another financial contagion. I said last week, "We shouldn't take a move up in prices as a sign the crisis is over. There will be more companies who run