Perspectives

The S&P 500 was up nearly 11% in the first quarter of 2013 even while the looming sequestration threatened to shave up to 0.5% off GDP, North Korea threatened war, the situation in Cyprus [...]

By now we’ve all likely caught a glimpse of the headlines and realized that the quiet that dominated the U.S. investment markets since 2011, is over. Until this month, the S&P 500 had gone [...]

After a year of unprecedented volatility, investors were surprised to learn that the S&P 500 finished up 2.1% (including dividends) and the Barclays Cap Aggregate Government Credit Bond Index [...]