Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.
Most people are familiar with the term: “canary in a coal mine." It is used quite often in the investments industry as we are always looking for evidence of the next downturn. Of course, this idiom comes from a time long past where coal miners would bring small, caged birds into the mineshaft to..
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Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.
It’s only fitting that the NCAA Tournament kicked off last week, as March Madness in the markets continues. Last week, equity markets rallied sharply, enjoying their best weekly gains, with the S&P500 rising over 5%, despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty and an aggressive policy announcement..
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The S&P 500 saw one of its worst days since the Great Pandemic on March 7, as it saw a decline of -2.95% on fears that a full Russian oil boycott by the United States and its European allies would send the global economy into a recession. While it seems that investors have endured bouts of volatility, it has been awhile, as 2021 experienced only one 5% pullback. Going back to 1942, on average we see a 5% pullback about three times..
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