2022 will go down as one of the worst years on record for the capital markets. The S&P 500 stock index fell 19.6% and the NASDAQ stock...

Capital markets continued their rebound after a strong October with the S&P 500 returning 5.6% after an 8% return in October. The S&P 500...

The lead editorial in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal began, “A polarized but closely divided America elected a closely divided Congress...

“Higher interest rates, slower growth and a softening labor market are all painful for the public that we serve, but they’re not as...

After falling 20% from January to mid-June, the S&P 500 stock index rallied over 17% by August 16. On that day, a new federal stimulus...

As expected, the Fed raised the Fed Funds rate another 0.75% in its attempt to catch up with its tardy response to soaring inflation....

Cash was king during the second quarter as both the stock and bond markets suffered significant declines. With inflation and interest...

The S&P 500 continued its decline in the first three weeks of May but a strong rally in the final week led to a flat market for the full...

The S&P 500 index dropped 4.9% last month and 13.3% year-to-date. The NASDAQ index had it worst month since October 2008. Bonds have not...

It was quite a first quarter: The S&P 500 fell 4.9% in the first quarter, snapping a seven-quarter winning streak, while the Dow slid...

The U.S. economy has been the prime beneficiary of a relatively robust consumer sector. After plunging off the charts during the initial...

Two items increased stock market volatility at the end of November – the emergence of the omicron variant of covid and the Fed’s...

Most of the major U.S. stock market indices ended October at or near all-time highs. The bull market that began in March of 2009...

The S&P 500 saw its seven-month winning streak end in September as the index dropped 4.8% for the month. Every sector declined with the...

The S&P 500 just logged its seventh consecutive monthly gain, marking its longest winning streak since January 2018. Indeed, there has...

Fiscal and monetary policies have flooded the world with liquidity, keeping bond yields at historically low levels. The Fed is buying...

It was quite a first half of the year for investors: meme stocks, cryptocurrency bubbles, inflation scares and the S&P 500 closed June 30...

The current business cycle has been unprecedented. Last year’s recession was among the worst in US history, but it lasted just two...

Real gross domestic product—the sum of all goods and services produced in America adjusted for inflation—grew by an annualized rate of...

The S&P 500 stock index rose in the first quarter, continuing its strong advance since the March 2020 bottom. However, the market...