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The Week Ahead – The Ides of March

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.

What’s with the month of March? Many investors famously remember March 6, 2009 as the day the S&P 500 index briefly touched 666 intraday as investors faced the edge of the abyss during the Great Financial Crisis. Flash forward to 2020 and I think many of us will remember a few dates. March 13,..

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Investments & Economy The Week Ahead Grow

The Week Ahead – Stairs Up, Elevator Down

By | 10/13/20 8:40 AM Brett Dulyea, CFA, CAIA
| 10/13/20 8:40 AM

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.

The old proverb that “stocks take the staircase up and the elevator down” also applies to the economy. In the second quarter the economy didn’t just take the elevator, it fell down the shaft! However, after the steepest, quickest recession in history, we just experienced the fastest economic..

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The Week Ahead – Even More Uncertainty

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. 

Early Friday morning, President Trump announced that he tested positive for COVID-19, introducing another development in an already unprecedented year. Late on Friday, Trump was admitted to Walter Reed hospital on medical advice for “a few days.” He developed a fever and was given an..

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