May Market Commentary 2024

 The Last Mile  “All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil.” – Henry David Thoreau   The narrative driving markets entering 2024 was built on the assumption that the Federal Reserve (the Fed) had...

February Market Commentary 2024

Expect the Unexpected “To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.” – Oscar Wilde Markets rarely fail to surprise, and 2023 was yet another reminder of that fact. After an extremely difficult environment for portfolios in 2022, investors were...

November Market Commentary 2023

The Revenge of Normal   “We have normality. I repeat we have normality. Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own problem.”  – Trillian, character from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy  Robust returns to risky assets in the first half of the year were...

August Market Commentary 2023

Where We Stand “You can’t really know where you are going until you know where you have been.”  – Maya Angelou The first half of 2023 has been a remarkable one for financial markets. After a challenging 2022 driven by rapid adjustments in asset valuations due to a...
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