by Lori Eason | Sep 17, 2017 | Quarterly Commentary
Since last year’s presidential election, the stock market has been on an absolute tear. Most of the major U.S. stock averages are up roughly 17% since then. The biggest chunk of these gains came immediately after the election in November. However, just as the market...
by Lori Eason | Jun 17, 2017 | Quarterly Commentary
Stocks continued to rise through the second quarter, albeit at about half the rate of the first quarter. The large cap group had the best quarterly performance with the S&P 500 returning roughly 3%. Mid and small cap stocks increased as well but about a percentage...
by Lori Eason | Dec 16, 2016 | Quarterly Commentary
2016 will certainly go down as one of the more interesting years in recent memory. By far, the biggest story of the year was the presidential election results. Since the election, there have been quite a number reactions; not least of which has been in the financial...
by Lori Eason | Sep 16, 2016 | Quarterly Commentary
After more than a year of wild market swings, the third quarter ended up being the calmest we have seen in quite a while. The S&P 500 finished up roughly 3% this quarter and had less than half the volatility than the previous nine months. Most of the quarter’s...
by Lori Eason | Jul 26, 2016 | Quarterly Commentary
This month, the S&P 500 and Dow Industrial Average set all-time highs. And while the seems impressive, it’s also important to note that those two market averages are only 2% higher than they were over a year ago. More importantly is the fact that all of the big...
by Lori Eason | Apr 16, 2016 | Quarterly Commentary
If you had vacationed on a remote island for the first quarter of this year and hadn’t read the news, you’d be inclined to think it was a pretty boring three months. The majority of the major U.S. stock averages finished the quarter within two percentage points...
