By Aoifinn Devitt | Chief Investment Officer Highlights The fourth quarter saw new highs in US equity markets as markets continued to display the stubborn resilience that has characterized much of the post-COVID rally. Volatility…
US News turned to Moneta CIO Aoifinn Devitt for expert commentary in its story about the Fed shifting gears by slashing bond-buying in half as it prioritizes inflation over employment. Devitt said markets and consumers…
CNBC Select turned to Moneta Partner Patrick McGinnis as an “investing guru” for a story on myths about investing in the stock market. McGinnis first addressed the misconception that investing in the stock market is…
Bloomberg interviewed Moneta CIO Aoifinn Devitt about U.S. equities as investors keep an eye on inflation, interest rates and market volatility in the final month of a record year. Devitt noted the propensity of investors…
By Aoifinn Devitt | Chief Investment Officer Highlights The third quarter was dominated by talk of inflation as the September Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed a 5.4% increase from September 2020, representing a 13-year high(1).…
By Chris Kamykowski, CFA | Moneta Investment Consultant Twelve long months ago, the world faced a truly unique uncertainty while coming to grips with the onslaught of a global pandemic and sharp economic contraction arising…
By Luke Ferraro, Director of Investment Research Many factors influence market returns: the economy, interest rates, business decisions, technology, worker productivity, sentiment and population growth – just to name a few. It is unfathomable to…
By Benjamin Trujillo, JD, LLM – Senior Advisor and Lauren Randazzo, CPA – Advisor On Sunday, December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The bulk of the provisions within this $2.3 Trillion, 5,000 plus page…
By Moneta Partner Travis Freeman Back in 1996, the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council predicted we would have astronauts on Mars by 2020. In 1951, Popular Mechanics published an article predicting the 21st…
By Bill Hornbarger, Chief Investment Officer at Moneta (@MonetaCIO) On June 8, the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research stated that the economic expansion that started in June of 2009 peaked…
At the Start, Markets Rallied The equity market had been on a strong upward trajectory since bottoming in late March. From March 23 through June 8, the S&P 500 had gained 995 points and the…
With the passage of the federal government’s latest stimulus package for the U.S. economy, we see signs that market stabilization may be on the horizon. To date, the federal government’s stimuli, both monetary and fiscal,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
With social distancing now our current norm, we wanted to assure you that your Moneta team, backed by our internal investment department and our external research partner, are all watching over your portfolio. We are…
By Bill Hornbarger, Chief Investment Officer at Moneta (@MonetaCIO) As we write this, the equity market is firmly in bear territory with the S&P 500 down 30% from its recent record close; volatility has spiked to…
The volatility we are currently seeing in the market is historic and unprecedented. The speed at which this decline happened is one of the fastest on record. “Violent” is the word Moneta CIO Bill…
Historic and unprecedented market volatility in recent weeks has concerned investors wondering what to do now. In an interview aired on a local CBS station, Moneta’s Chief Investment Officer Bill Hornbarger reminded people to…
“Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat” — Sun Tzu The dictionary defines strategy as “a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.” The term strategy is often…
As we write this, stocks are in the midst of the worst week since the dark days of October 2008 when the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ fell 18%, 18% and 15%…
Recent News Leading into the weekend, the market expected the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to cut supply and support falling oil prices due to decreased demand as a result of COVID-19 (coronavirus).…