by David Wagner | Jun 5, 2023 | Blog, Market Updates
May ‘23 Market Recap: The S&P 500 gained 0.4% in May and traded in a 100pt range (4056 and 4169), one of the most narrow monthly ranges (11th percentile) in history since the 1930s. The VIX remained low as well. Only 23% of stocks outperformed the S&P 500, the...
by David Wagner | May 1, 2023 | Blog, Market Updates
April ‘23 Market Recap: Despite elevated macro and micro uncertainty, the S&P 500 rallied 1.5% in April. Keeping with positive correlation, fixed income continues to trade in the same direction as equities. The recent sharp decline in equity market breadth also...
by David Wagner | Apr 4, 2023 | Market Updates
The S&P 500 Was Up This Quarter? Surely You Can’t Be Serious. I am, and Don’t Call Me Shirley. Airplane! is a comedy that does not conform to any known standard of parody. In fact, the movie is far from the likes of comedies today that are so hung up on...
by David Wagner | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog, Market Updates
March ‘23 Market Recap; The S&P 500 ignored the fallout from banking woes and recorded a surprising +3.7% gain last month, leaving the index in positive territory for Q1 ‘23 (+7.5%). After a mid-month hike, the current Fed Funds rate (upper bound) is at 5% vs....
by David Wagner | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog, Market Updates
February ‘23 Market Recap: The January rally suddenly looks distant as equities closed lower for the month, finishing down 5.0% from their early February peak. This has been a confluence of technicals, bond yield increases due to uncomfortably strong economic data in...
by David Wagner | Feb 2, 2023 | Blog, Market Updates
January ‘23 Market Recap: The “January Effect” was in full order this past month. The worst performing sectors in 2022 led last month: Consumer Discretionary (+15%) and Communication Services (+14%). Meanwhile, defensive Utilities (-2%) and Staples (-1%) were the only...
