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The end of September saw the S&P 500 grow 1.87% for the month which pushed the market past the losses from July and August to end the quarter up 1.18%.  At a 19.94% return YTD, the S&P 500 ended the third quarter close to only 2% off its all-time high.  The start of the 4th quarter has seen a sharp

This morning marked what many television market pundits have noted as an ominous milestone: the inversion of the yield curve (this one focused on the difference in 10-year and 2-year U.S. Treasury yields) for the first time since 2006.  Obviously, any data point characterized as being similar to the last recession produces natural feelings of doom and gloom.  As one

With the start of Monday comes an extension of what was quite the eventful week for markets.  China’s announcement that it will be devaluing its currency comes after what was one of the busier weeks of the quarter for corporate earnings, important economic data releases, the highly anticipated rate cut from the Federal Reserve, and of course several influential tweets

The last two weeks have seen some significant developments to global equity markets.  Fed Chairman Jerome Powell suggested the central bank was prepared to act to sustain the economy if the trade war weakened the growth outlook.  A Friday evening Tweet from President Trump indicated that a deal with Mexico had been reached that would indefinitely suspend potential tariffs from