The S&P 500 went 42 days without a move of 1% in either direction and 51 without a 1% or larger drop, Friday brought the largest loss for stocks since the Brexit vote in June. Ironically that drop ended a 54 day streak without a 1% drop.
Market participants have focused so long on what the Fed will or won’t do they seem to have forgotten how to actually analyze investments. Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) CEO Brian Moynihan summed up the current state of the market —
“Where
For those of you just returning from a nice, long vacation, you didn’t miss much this summer. Thanks to the Fed’s “transparent” communication policy, absolutely nobody (including most members of the Fed it seems) has any clue what the Federal Reserve is going
Much debate has been circulating lately about what defines “full employment” or what “normal” growth looks like. The August Payrolls Report was right in line with what economists used to consider “normal” for “normal” economic growth. Looking at my Leading
This year Strategic Equity Management announced the launch of some innovative portfolios that combine my experience in managing money the past 18 years, SEM’s engineering background, and some of the things I learned while obtaining my CFA charter. Check out this series of videos to learn why we decided
