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12 January
Wrapping Up A Scorching Year: December 2021 Markets
Omicron: No Match For Markets
Omicron has been spreading quickly, proving to be the most contagious COVID-19 strain yet.[3] Countries worldwide are shattering case records, and the U.S. broke its one-day case record in the final days of December.[4]
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13 December
A Wealth of Data, and A Bit of Worry
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 the Nasdaq ended the month in positive territory.
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9 November
The October Effect
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 in inflation readings and energy prices,[2] as well as better-than-expected corporate earnings.
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