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Tim Side, CFA – Investment StrategistChris Kamykowski, CFA, CFP® – Head of Investment Strategy and Research Early this year, January 11th to be exact, we received an email from our Fixed Income team following the…
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By Anna McDonald, Director of Family Learning When your child walks across the high school graduation stage, it’s a significant moment in a child’s life, your life as a parent, and the lives of those…
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Markets continue to be noisy this week – as they digest market jitters at the end of last week (when the SPX fell by the most in one week – 1.6%, since October, and lost…
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Following 2023’s sweeping comeback performance, 2024 wanted a piece of the action. It was a quarter of warm springs and chill winds from the Middle East and Russia/Ukraine. Japan continued to rise, while China continued…
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Aoifinn Devitt – Chief Global Market Strategist It feels like the end of an era – in many ways. Firstly, we may have seen the end of global central bank convergence. Just as the Bank…
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Aoifinn Devitt, Chief Global Market Strategist Coming off of the usual post-Oscars drama, the real original screenplays kicked off mid-week with inflation numbers and a concern that 2024 is already getting too hot to handle.…
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Monthly Observations Records Broken in February Strong economic data and earnings reports were supportive of a risk-on month with the S&P 500 breaking the 5000 level for the first time, surging over 5%. Even non-US…
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Aoifinn Devitt, Chief Global Market Strategist Maybe it is because it is an election year, but we still have China on our minds. Despite the fact that China continues its decline on the global market…
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By Aoifinn Devitt, CFP® – Chief Investment Officer After a bruising 2022, 2023 was the “comeback kid” of a year. But in the fourth quarter, it seemed to defy gravity itself. All year, the rumblings of a…
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Tim Side, CFA® – Investment Strategist “From thirty years as a practicing historian, I have come to the conclusion that there is but one, singular, lesson of history. It is this — there are no permanent winners…
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Last month, the Sward Team celebrated our ten year anniversary. It’s a big milestone, and one that requires gratitude, as well as a sigh of relief. We have certainly had our ups and downs over…
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Aoifinn Devitt – Chief Investment Officer Markets have digested a volley of information in the past week. This ranged from a surprising – and still not fully resolved – Mid-term Election result, to better-than-expected inflation data,…
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Aoifinn Devitt – Chief Investment Officer As the mid-term elections approached the usual partisan chatter focused on issues surrounding the economy – namely inflation, government spending, interest rates, and house prices, and there was not…
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The third quarter was dominated by continued market volatility as the Fed maintained a tough and determined stance regarding inflation.
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Aoifinn Devitt – Chief Investment Officer As we write today, more earnings numbers are rolling in and, as so often this year, the word on the street from “Main Street” is somewhat incoherent. While some consumer…
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Aoifinn Devitt – Chief Investment Officer As Mid-term election debates are dissected and chatter intensifies, now at T- 21 to Election Day as we go to print, the results still evince some uncertainty. This, together with…
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Our team marked a significant milestone in March. It has now been a year that we have been working from home. We want to recognize this anniversary by thanking each of you for your patience…
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We eagerly welcome 2021, wishing all of you good health and happiness, and are excited to share news about our team—all designed to better serve as your Family CFO. Stephen Hoerr, MBA, CPA, CFP® joined…
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The market indicates that we are at the start of a recession. We cannot predict how long it will last or how deep it will go, but historical data gives us some insight into market…
