In the first 29 months of the Trump presidency, the S&P 500 has risen by about 11.3% annually through June 30th. On one hand, this beats the long-run (50-year) average of the market by 4.25%. On the other hand, this performance is not especially noteworthy considering the steepness of the recovery from the housing bubble; … Read more
Income conscious individuals have a variety of investment options to choose from including government issued debt, real estate, corporate bonds, and high dividend stocks. While these asset classes are certainly different in many ways, they are similar in that they are subjected to the prevailing interest rates and inflation levels. Inflation erodes the real value … Read more
WELLESLEY, MA – May 21, 2019 – Julex Capital Management, LLC., announced today that its Dynamic Sector and Dynamic Developed Market strategies were awarded “Top Guns” designations by Informa Investment Solutions’ PSN manager database, North America’s longest running database of investment managers, for Q1 2019. JULEX DYNAMIC SECTOR “TOP GUNS” Status for the Three-Year Performance … Read more
Trump’s fervent advocacy for “fair trade” has prompted the President to deride NAFTA, anger the EU, and, maybe most notably, engage in a trade war with China that has currently placed tariffs on about $360 billion worth of goods in total. The spat with the globe’s second largest economy seems to be winding down on … Read more
It’s been over a decade since the S&P 500 Index bottomed at an intraday level of 666 on March 6th, 2009. It took four years from this bottom for the index to breach the high-water closing mark of 1,515 that it set in December 2007, and U.S. equities have rallied an eye-popping 318% (albeit with … Read more
Many economists expect a slowdown in U.S. growth during 2019. The FOMC projected 2.3% growth for the year back in December, which is a reduction from the 3% growth observed in 2018. Meanwhile, Wall Street analysts have lowered their earnings estimates. According to FactSet, analysts are projecting earnings growth to be 4.5% this year, much … Read more
The US equity market rebounded from December’s selloff, marking the best January in thirty years and the best monthly return since October 2015. More dovish Fed talk, solid economic data and better-than-expected earnings drove the market optimism despite uncertainties about the trade talks with China and slower global economic growth. The Federal Reserve decided to … Read more
The US equity market had the worst December since 1931. Uncertainties about the trade war, fears of slow global economic growth, unexpected hawkish Fed statements and a partial government shutdown unsettled investors’ appetite for risk. Investors rushed to safe assets. International stocks struggled as well. In its December meeting, the Fed raised interest rates by … Read more