Perspectives

A Humanitarian Disaster  Even as the war unfolds “live” in real time, it is hard to comprehend the scale of the humanitarian costs for those in Ukraine. Estimates already suggest that over 2 [...]

World headlines continue to be mostly negative and rotate between the crisis in Europe, the economic slowdown in China, the ongoing unrest in the Middle East, and the upcoming U.S. election and [...]

Yesterday’s unexpected election result causes investors to wonder what can be expected over the next few years from a Trump presidency and a divided country. This election has been highly [...]

2014 Wrap up: While the rapid decline in energy prices dominated headlines as 2014 ended, the U.S. stock market turned in a 6th consecutive year of positive returns with the S&P 500 up 13.7%, [...]

2014 Wrap up: While the rapid decline in energy prices dominated headlines as 2014 ended, the U.S. stock market turned in a 6th consecutive year of positive returns with the S&P 500 up 13.7%, [...]

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 [...]