Quarterly Market Report - Q3 2024
July 11, 2024
Categories: Quarterly Commentary, Bonds, Cash, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Interest Rates, Stocks
Markets continue advancing higher into the dog days of summer.
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Blog: Bonds
Russian Frozen Reserves
June 27, 2024
Categories: Central Bank, US Treasuries, Geopolitics, Gold, Bonds
Consequences of the United States freezing $300 billion in Russian central bank reserves.
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Market Brief - June 2024
June 6, 2024
Categories: Market Update, Bonds, Cash, Commentary, Currencies, Government Bond Yields, Investing, Stocks
Markets edged higher during May. Inflation remains sticky.
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Volatility Returns
March 7, 2020
Categories: Markets, Bear Markets, Bonds
Volatility has returned to global financial markets. As seen in figure 1 below, the Volatility Index (“VIX”) has spiked to the highest level since 2015. However, looking further back, the VIX is nowhere near the Great Recession of 2008-2009. History proves that volatility in financial markets is nothing new. However, since early 2009, the US markets have enjoyed a low period of volatility.
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