Typically, the day after Thanksgiving is one of the quietest trading days of the year.[1] But this year Black Friday turned into “Bleak Friday” after the World Health Organization raised the alarm about the Omicron variant of COVID-19, first identified earlier in the month in South Africa. Equity markets dropped, reversing earlier gains, and only […]

As we fall back to standard time and the days get shorter, we will take this opportunity to look back at the month of October and the issues facing us as we head towards year end. The S&P 500 added 6.9% in October, the largest one-month gain since November 2020.[1] We also saw multi-year highs […]

The month of September brought a chill to equity markets, which experienced a 4.76% loss for the month.[1] Following a march of record-setting gains year-to-date, the sell-off was a reminder that markets don’t go up in a straight line, especially with ongoing pressure from COVID-19 variants, political gridlock, and inflation.[2]