by Centerpoint Advisors | Feb 9, 2017
February 9, 2017. By John Wolfsberg: After bottoming in the first half of 2016, interest rates rose sharply in the fourth quarter following the surprise victory of Donald Trump in the U. S. presidential election. Rates had entered the quarter on a slow upward...
by Centerpoint Advisors | Oct 31, 2016
October 31, 2016. By John Wolfsberg: With the Brexit vote behind us and investor concern over repercussions of Britain’s vote to leave the EU diminishing, the bond market turned its focus to the underlying fundamentals of the US economy. Economic data for the quarter...
by Centerpoint Advisors | Aug 2, 2016
August 2, 2016. By John Wolfsberg: The market seemed to have regained its appetite for risk assets as we entered the second quarter. Oil prices had recovered from the multiyear lows of the first quarter, and investors began to feel confident that the economy would...