
Economic Update: August 2018
While investors kept tariffs and trade disputes in mind in August, a new earnings season provided Wall Street with a lift. Blue chips...

Economic Update: Q2 2018
At the end of 2018, economists and journalists may look back on the second quarter and see the moment when a global trade war began. Whether

Monthly Economic Update: June 2018
In May, investors were left to interpret mixed geopolitical and financial signals. The historic U.S.-North Korea summit was on, then off, th

Monthly Economic Update: May 2018
April saw the S&P 500 advance 0.27% as a new earnings season unfolded – one in which investors grew uneasy about rising Treasury yields,

2018: A First Quarter Review
Stocks rallied in January, corrected in February, and slumped in March as volatility and economic policy changes took some of the enthusiasm

Monthly Economic Update: March 2018
Investors certainly received a wake-up call in February. A correction hit Wall Street for the first time in nearly two years, and benchmarks

Monthly Economic Update: February 2018
Bulls took charge of Wall Street as 2018 began: the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 5.79% in the first month of the year, even with a mild

Monthly Economic Update: January 2018
Financially speaking, the last month of 2017 was also the year’s most newsworthy. Congress reformed federal tax law to a degree unseen since

Monthly Economic Update: December 2017
In November, the S&P 500 gained 2.81% and advanced for a thirteenth straight month – an unprecedented milestone in the index’s long hist

Monthly Economic Update: November 2017
October saw the S&P 500 rise 2.22% in response to results from the fall earnings season, encouraging fundamental indicators, and anticip