In: Market Updates
Into the Unknown
March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 | We are certainly living in scary and uncertain times. The outbreak of the coronavirus has turned the…
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The Bond Blues
March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 |Investors turn to bonds to provide stable cash flow and offset the volatility of stocks. Bonds are viewed…
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Clark Capital’s Response to COVID-19
March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 | I hope this message finds you, your family, your clients and your colleagues well and safe. Clark…
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Sunday Night Surprise
March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 | In attempt to go all in, the Federal Reserve cut rates on Sunday night to the lower…
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It is Always Darkest Before the Dawn
March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 | The End of the Longest Bull Market The longest bull market in history came to an end…
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A Perfect Storm: Pandemic, Petroleum and Politics
March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 | Stocks got hit hard today (3/9/20) with the S&P 500 down 7.6%, the first 5% down day…
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Steady Hands in Turbulent Waters
February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 | Yesterday’s 4.42% drop in the S&P 500 was the worst one-day return since August 18th, 2011 and…
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Coronavirus Fears Wash Away New Market Highs
February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 | Coronavirus fears hit the markets as concerns mount that the virus is now accelerating outside of China…
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Coronavirus Catalyst
January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 | In our 2020 Market Outlook, we stated a couple of concerns coming into the year including excessive…
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Yield Curve Inverts, Stocks Take a Tumble
August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 | Stocks took a tumble yesterday and bonds surged, as weak economic news in Europe and China coincided…
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From Fed Rate Cuts to Additional Tariffs
August 1, 2019August 1, 2020 | Fed Cuts Rates and Confuses Markets In its July meeting, the FOMC reduced the fed funds target…
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Tweets, Threats and Tariffs: Global Markets React
May 14, 2019May 14, 2019 | The trade negotiations that were supposed to be going so smoothly suddenly erupted into a storm of…
Read MoreYield Curve Inverts—Now What?
March 25, 2019On Friday of last week, the yield curve finally inverted ever so slightly, by just 1 basis point, as the 3-month…
Read MoreMarket Update – Midterms & Their Market Implications
November 9, 2018The midterm elections are over, and after a difficult October and volatile start to November, we now hope to have a…
Read MorePerspective on Yesterday’s Selloff
October 11, 2018The U.S. stock market has taken on some water over the past week as risk assets have succumbed to higher interest…
Read MoreNavigating Mid-Term Elections: Smooth Sailing or Choppy Waters Ahead?
September 4, 2018Trade tariffs, feuds with the Fed, Russia investigations… Today’s political environment is anything but ordinary, but with the major indices hitting…
Read MoreTrade War or Tit for Tat?
April 4, 2018Tensions have risen between the U.S. and China as both nations have proposed implementing tariffs as they jockey for position in…
Read MoreDoes Anybody Remember What a Correction Feels Like?
February 6, 2018In case anybody forgot, the past week is a reminder that the markets don’t always go straight up. With the S&P…
Read MoreAnd So It Begins…
September 21, 2017The Federal Reserve met and made two important decisions on policy — balance sheet normalization and the direction of future overnight…
Read MoreTrump Wins, Trump Wins — Uh-Oh, What Now?
November 9, 2016Wow. Our Brexit moment! We just witnessed a political revolution in the U.S. that hasn’t been seen since Ronald Reagan in…
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