by newcente | Mar 12, 2020 | Blog, Business Planning, Financial Planning, In The News, What's New
Since emerging from the 2008 financial crisis, markets can overall be considered cooperative. Stocks have continued to move higher, while falling bond yields saw fixed income investors enjoy bumper returns. Volatility remained low relative to history, and while we did...
by newcente | Feb 27, 2020 | Blog, Business Planning, Family Focus, In The News, What's New
After significant selling earlier in the week, global equity markets came under further pressure today as investors grapple with the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and its impact on economic growth. As of this writing, the S&P 500 Index is down -10.7% for the...
by newcente | Feb 12, 2020 | Blog, In The News, Uncategorized, What's New
February 11, 2020. By Mark Barry Written with information as available on January 31, 2020: Concern over the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus has continued to weigh on markets, with the S&P 500 Index and MSCI China Index down about -1.80% and -2.00% respectively on...
by newcente | Nov 19, 2019 | Blog, Business Planning, Equity Markets, In The News, Uncategorized, What's New
November 19, 2019. By Mark Barry: The macro picture has become more supportive for US equity markets in recent weeks. Economic data is suggesting continued growth, monetary policy is becoming more accommodative, and rhetoric from the US and China indicates a possible...
by newcente | May 10, 2019 | Blog, Equity Markets, Fixed Income Markets, In The News, Uncategorized, What's New
May 10, 2019. By J.D. Wolfsberg: We have seen generally upward trending markets thus far year-to-date following the sell-off in the last quarter of 2018, with the S&P 500 (including dividends) up 15.31% so far this year. The Federal Reserve has observed that the...