Markets are Rising: What About the Economy? This New Year got off to quite an interesting start. After a number of positive records for markets and major indices in 2018,[1] markets began to tumble in the last quarter – and January started with a bang.

A Wild Ride into the New Year Equity markets were surprisingly exciting in the last week of the year. While both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are down for 2018 (as of December 28), both indexes had huge single-day rebounds– the largest in almost ten years for the S&P 500 and the […]