Investment and Financial Planning Articles

Global equity markets had a fantastic second quarter – especially the tech names. But toward the end of the quarter, the rally really started to broaden out, as underscored by the large-cap S&P 500 re...

Global equity markets had a pretty good first quarter — especially the tech names. And interestingly, in the fourth quarter of 2022, global equity markets also had a pretty good quarter — except for t...

Global equity markets had a pretty good fourth quarter – except for the tech names – and when the final Wall Street bell weakly tolled on Friday, December 30th, most of the major global equity markets...

Global equity markets had a rotten third quarter. When the final Wall Street bell tolled on September 30th, all major international equity markets were red, leading to overall market declines not seen...

Global equity markets had an awful second quarter. When the final Wall Street bell weakly tolled on June 30th, all major international equity markets were red, leading to overall market declines not s...

Markets Have Worst Quarter Since 1Q2020

Global equity markets had a volatile first quarter and when the final Wall Street-bell rang on March 31st, global equity markets were in the red, as March was...

Markets Turn in Very Good Fourth Quarter

Global equity markets had a volatile fourth quarter, but when the final Wall Street-bell rang in the New Year, global markets recorded very decent numbers, a...

Second Quarter 2017

Markets in Review
The US stock markets continued advancing in the 2nd quarter of 2017 as corporate earnings growth, consumer confidence, business confidence, the Fed and employm...

Third Quarter 2016

Domestic Equity Markets

US equity markets showed some bounce in the third quarter but closed with mixed results. The month of September saw NASDAQ post gains of almost 2% whe...