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Q1 2017 Market Review

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This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the first quarter of 2017.

March 31, 2017 Weekly Market Recap

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After falling 1.4% last week, the S&P 500 rebounded, rising 0.8% for the week. The benchmark index wrapped up a solid first quarter (+5.5%).

March 17, 2017 Weekly Market Recap

Weekly Market Recap

After snapping a streak of six consecutive weekly gains, the stock market returned to its winning ways, with the S&P 500 adding 0.2% for the week.

March 10, 2017 Weekly Market Recap

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After posting six consecutive weekly gains, the stock market saw its third weekly decline of 2017. However, just like the other two weekly down-ticks, this week’s retreat was minor.

March 3, 2017 Weekly Market Recap

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The stock market continued its relentless push higher, which resulted in the sixth consecutive weekly advance for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average, cruising past 21,000.

Strong Case for Raising Rates

Strong Case for Raising Rates

Tuesday produced more highs for the major indices as investors didn’t shy away from Fed Chair Yellen’s less dovish testimony before the Senate Banking Committee.

Feb 10, 2017 Weekly Market Recap

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The stock market secured its third consecutive weekly advance with the S&P 500 rising 0.8%. The benchmark index posted gains in four of the first six weeks of 2016 while the two down weeks in the middle of January shaved 0.25% off the index.

Feb 3, 2017 Weekly Market Recap

Weekly Market Recap

The past week was full of earnings data, economic data, and commentary from two major central banks, but the market shrugged off the busy event calendar, remaining near record levels.

Q4 2016 Market Review

Q4 2016 Market Review

This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter.

Three Election Night Investing Lessons

Election Night Investing Lessons

Regardless of political views or feelings about the election result, there’s a fascinating case study on stock market behavior here, and it is worth unpacking what happened purely from an investment perspective.

Small-Cap Stocks Jump

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In the investing world things can turn on a dime. Small-cap stocks have certainly turned it around in 2016, in a swift and dramatic fashion.

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