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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Have We Entered a Bear Market? 2015 was a choppy year for stocks, with the S&P 500 Index lower for the year, but able to muster a small gain once the impact of dividends was included. The high for most stock indexes was back in May, m...
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Is The Currency Crisis of 1997 Coming Back? Many of you may remember the Asian financial crisis from the late 1990’s, that caused global currency challenges and affected markets worldwide. While US markets recovered nicely from the cris...
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