Risks and Opportunities in 2017 2017 is going to be an interesting year. After an eventful 2016, and confidence in the predictability of polling all but eliminated by the surprise outcomes in both the U.S. Presidential election and the Un...
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Global Economic Update One of the largest challenges in financial markets over the past few years has been a steadily weakening global economic environment. This has led to aggressive bond buying and interest rate cuts by Central Banks from...
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The generally unexpected win for the “Leave” option in the referendum on whether the United Kingdom should stay in the European Union (the commonly called Brexit) shook up financial markets around the world, with sharp declines in the f...
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The First Quarter Was a Wild Ride Just over five weeks into the new year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had lost nearly 1,800 points for the year and the index was off to its worst start ever. Shortly thereafter, two major oil p...
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Special Market Update: January 27th, 2016 Stock markets in the U.S. and around the world have started off the year with significant weakness, and volatility has increased to levels not seen in quite some time. Here are a few key points th...
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