Economy
April 2026 Market Update: A Mirror Image
In last month’s Market Update published on March 25th we wrote: “The toughest part of investing is handicapping how much of the fundamentals, and future [...]
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How Wars Shake the Stock Market
Wars have shaped human history for millennia, and they’ve left their mark on financial markets just as dramatically. From the outbreak of World War II to the 2022 [...]
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Spring 2026 Market Update: A Bouquet of Ambiguity
A Volatile Q1 In our February market update, we discussed how volatile the first two months of the year were; March has been no different. To take a step back, [...]
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February 2026 Market Update: If you listen closely…
…you can hear the sounds of uncertainty filling the air so far in early 2026. Although it always feels rocky in the markets, the reality is that rarely do we [...]
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Year-End 2025 Market Update: The Sun Sets, But Markets Shine On
Whose bingo card had 2025 up strong double-digits after a nearly -20% loss to start the year in Q1? Not us, I can tell you that! But markets have a strange way of [...]
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October 2025 Market Update: There’s Gold in Them Thar Hills
What a difference a couple quarters can make. It was a six short months ago that it seemed the markets were headed for disaster. Many investors were pulling money [...]
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Wealth Taxes Don’t Work
Wealth taxes, which impose levies on an individual’s net worth rather than income, have been proposed in various countries as a tool to reduce inequality and fund [...]
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Frozen Housing Market No More: The Thaw
As October 2025 unfolds, the U.S. housing market remains locked in a delicate balance between persistent affordability challenges and tentative signs of recovery. [...]
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Government Shutdown: A Partisan Stalemate
The United States federal government entered a partial shutdown at 12:01 a.m. EDT on October 1, 2025, marking the 11th such impasse in modern history and the third [...]
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Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates for the First Time in a Year
On September 17, 2025, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced a landmark decision: a 25-basis-point cut to the federal funds rate, bringing the target [...]
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