Mark Bloom

September 7, 2017

What’s Next for Equities

Well it's official, the lazy days of summer are over. The kids are back in school, Wall Street is back to work and Halloween decorations are already showing up in stores. Volatility in markets has returned, and our risk models are beginning to make adjustments to portfolios. September and October are notorious for some of the highest market volatility on record. Likewise, November and December have demonstrated strong bullish tendencies over the years. How are things sizing up for the rest of 2017? We have some insights, and it begins by understanding how we got here.
June 4, 2019

Have Corporate Profits Peaked?

After marking a new all-time high in April, the S&P 500 Index fell -6.3% in May, making it the worst May for the index since the Flash Crash of 2010, and the second worst since 1962. Escalating Trade War headlines are partly to blame for the recent increase in volatility, but there are other headwinds for markets that may present […]