Economic Overview – Q4 2023
By Richard Frankel Overview: This is a snapshot view the full Economic Commentary below. View the Full Economic Commentary Here
Wasmer Schroeder Quarterly Bond Market Overview 4Q
Thank you, Santa! By: Tom Richmond, Co-Head of Taxable SMA Strategies, Senior Portfolio Manager In honor of the recently completed holiday season, I hope you can indulge me for a moment for a story of good tidings, seasonal cheer, and apparently, redemption. Picture if you can a white-bearded, red-suited, jovial Chairman of the Federal Open […]
Market Commentary – Q4 2023
Quo VADIS – Where are you going? By Theresa Gusman Overview The S&P 500 advanced 11.7% in the fourth quarter, cementing a 24.3% rise in 2023. Through most of last year, the S&P 500’s narrow leadership camouflaged the paltry returns of the broader index and punished investors underweight the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-fueled stocks known as […]
Wasmer Schroeder Quarterly Bond Market Overview 3Q
View the Full PDF Here How soft is your landing? By: Thomas Richmond, Co-Head of Taxable SMA Strategies, Senior Portfolio Manager If you ask a stranger how the U.S. economy is doing, you will undoubtedly get responses that fun the gamut from “great” to “lousy”, depending on the circumstances of the individual. We can, however, […]
Advocacy & Impact – Q3 2023
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Economic Overview – Q1 2023
View the Full PDF Here By Richard Frankel Figure 1. Economic Growth and the Composition of GDP This is a snapshot view the full Economic Commentary below. View the Full PDF Here
Market Commentary – Q1 2023
View the Full PDF Here Corporate profits to decline: Priced in or “the other shoe”? By Theresa Gusman Overview Inflation’s surge to a 40-year high in 2022 let the Fed to an unprecedented series of interest-rate increases, cratering the bond market and sending stocks tumbling. Following a 24.9% decline in the first three quarters 0f […]
Economic Overview – January 2023
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Market Commentary – January 2023
Click Here to View Full PDF Corporate profits to decline: Priced in or “the other shoe”? Overview Inflation’s surge to a 40-year high in 2022 led the Fed to an unprecedented series of interest-rate increases, cratering the bond market and sending stocks tumbling. Following a 24.9% decline in the first three quarters 0f 2022, the […]
Advocacy & Impact – November 2022
Click Here to View Full PDF Preparing for the Next Advocacy Chapter: An Update from the ESG for Impact! Conference First Affirmative Financial Network hosted the 2022 ESG for Impact! Conference, an advisor focused summit that attracts advisors and managers from across the country and Canada. Our audience has a common goal: to serve clients […]
