Markets
Q1 2022 Market Review: Navigating the Rapids
The first quarter of 2022 has been an eventful one, as rapidly rising inflation, the prospect of faster than expected Fed tightening, and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia caused high levels of market volatility. There was nowhere for investors to hide as the equity markets fell into correction territory and the bond markets broadly sold off. As the quarter closed, the S&P 500 index had recovered, however still finished the quarter -5%. read more...
Market Update: What the Invasion of Ukraine Means for the Markets
In January the market was focused on how much the Fed would raise interest rates, and how fast, as inflation measures continued to rise. After a bit of a relief rally at the end of January and beginning of February, concerns of an imminent attack on the Ukraine rose as Russian soldiers amassed on the Ukrainian border, rattling markets and spurring a “risk-off” move to safer securities. read more...
Why You Should Care About the Fed
The Fed 101, Inflation, Tapering and What It Means to Investors In response to the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting financial market disruption in early 2020, the Fed provided substantial monetary policy support to the US economy by lowering short-term interest rates and purchasing securities, primarily US Treasuries and mortgage bonds. This latter program was called […] read more...