Global Asset Allocation Views – Q4 2019

Global Asset Allocation Views – Q4 2019 Markets – The S&P 500 eked out a 1.19% gain for the quarter.  Europe, Emerging Markets, and Small Caps ended the quarter lower, unable to continue the momentum from the first half of the year.  Defensive sectors continue to...

Q3 Global Asset Allocation

Global Asset Allocation Views – Q3 2019 Q2 Highlights – Markets – The S&P 500 returned 3.79% to settle at its all-time closing high.  The Russell 2000 (a representation of small cap companies) closed up 1.74% and posted a new two month high.  International markets...
Global Asset Allocation Views – Q1 2019

Global Asset Allocation Views – Q1 2019

Global Asset Allocation Views – Q1 2019 Quarter in Review             The 4th quarter of 2018 did not go as planned, though in reality nothing about investing truly ever goes to plan.  The S&P 500 had just hit an all-time high and we were heading into historically...

Do You Know the Real Rate of Return On Your Investments?

Do You Know the Real Rate of Return On Your Investments? Many investors look at their monthly statements or review their account online and look at a couple of numbers to determine how their investments are doing. The first number is usually the balance in your...
Global Asset Allocation Views – Q4 2018

Global Asset Allocation Views – Q4 2018

Bulls and bears can both point to different sets of data to make their case on the markets.  Bulls can point to continued strength in the Leading-Coincident Indicator which shows no sign of a recession and a flattening, but not yet inverted, yield curve which has...