Tim Side, CFA – Investment StrategistChris Kamykowski, CFA, CFP® – Head of Investment Strategy and Research It is a sort of cruel irony that as we approach the 100-day marker since President Trump’s inauguration and…
Introduction When “decades happen in weeks”, even the past quarter’s events can seem like old news already. While this is a first quarter update, the seismic shock from President Trump’s tariff announcements on “Liberation Day”…
MONTHLY OBSERVATIONS Diversification Benefits Shine During Another Tough Month for US Equities Policy uncertainty and recession risks were the key themes in March as investors looked ahead to “Liberation Day” on April 2nd. US stocks…
Tim Side, CFA – Investment Strategist “THERE ARE DECADES WHERE NOTHING HAPPENS; AND THERE ARE WEEKS WHERE DECADES HAPPEN.” V.I. Lenin Executive Summary “Are you not entertained?” Love him or hate him, it seems Trump…
Chris Kamykowski, CFA, CFP® – Head of Investment Strategy and ResearchTim Side, CFA – Investment Strategist Many college basketball fans are knee deep into the most recent edition of college basketball’s annual March Madness tournament.…
Chris Kamykowski, CFA, CFP® – Head of Investment Strategy and ResearchTim Side, CFA – Investment Strategist The exuberant sentiment from markets following Donald Trump’s Presidential victory in early November 2024 seems to have ground to…
Monthly Observations “January Effect” Starts 2025 on Solid Foot Markets started the month on the weaker side as strong payrolls upended expectations of further Fed rate cuts, sending bond yields higher and putting pressure on…
Download the PDF here Have you ever traveled someplace so enchanting that you started to imagine yourself living there? You may have been strolling cobblestone streets past quaint shops and cafes, enjoying the culture of…
Andrew Kelsen – Chief Investment OfficerTim Side, CFA – Investment Strategist January represented a solid month for public markets in what might be the last stand of the previous global trade system, bouncing back strongly…
by Andrew Kelsen, Chief Investment Officer Monday, January 27th, 2025…..a day that may prove to be a very consequential day for the world of artificial intelligence (AI). In one fell swoop, a whole industry operating…
Chris Kamykowski, CFA, CFP® – Head of Investment Strategy and ResearchTim Side, CFA – Investment Strategist For those who believe in diversification, it has been a painful decade+ of relative returns between small cap and…