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Q3: September Stands Out

Posted on October 9, 2021December 20, 2022 by Tom Byrne

The S&P 500 peaked at a record 4536.95 on September 2. But chaos in Washington and troubles in China have put a cap on stock prices, at least for the moment.  The S&P 500 was barely positive for the quarter but is up

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Market recovers; uncertainty persists

Posted on July 2, 2020August 25, 2020 by Tom Byrne
SP 500 Calendar Returns

Stocks rallied back sharply during the second quarter, exceeding most expectations and mystifying some of the world’s most successful investors (including Stan Druckenmiller) who admit being left in the dust.  But the market remains slightly lower for the year.  We have navigated

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Limiting damage as the pandemic spreads

Posted on April 2, 2020August 25, 2020 by Tom Byrne
Q1 Returns

As you know, the stock market has sometimes moved more in a day recently than in an entire year. The 30 percent drop beginning on February 19 was the fastest ever according to Bank of America, and the worst quarter for the

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Coronavirus crisis update

Posted on March 16, 2020March 27, 2020 by Tom Byrne
Stock chart

Given the pace of change and market volatility we thought it prudent to give you another update. Importantly, over time we have been through many crises. Economic cycles, wars, terrorist attacks, oil embargos, and even previous disease outbreaks have caused distress in

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Coronavirus-related market sell-off

Posted on March 5, 2020March 27, 2020 by Tom Byrne
COVID-19

As you probably know, the market selloff was sudden and swift. We managed the downside reasonably well. We employ automatic sale triggers on a limited basis in case of events like this. In particular, we trimmed our exposure to stocks in the

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An election year follows a great year. What now?

Posted on January 7, 2020February 10, 2020 by Tom Byrne
Election Year Returns

The stock market had its best year since 2013.  The sharp selloff of December 2018 seems like a distant memory.  The market had only two down months in 2019.  Technology stocks led the way, but interest rate sensitive stocks and consumer staple

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Low rates and good fundamentals offset recession fears

Posted on October 17, 2019November 7, 2019 by Tom Byrne
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Despite speculation about a possible recession on the horizon, the stock market held its own in the quarter ended September 30.  The usual fears – a seasonally weak period, inverted yield curve and perhaps negative interest rates, declining world trade and other

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New highs, and a model portfolio

Posted on July 8, 2019July 31, 2019 by Tom Byrne

The stock market ended the quarter near a record high, and so did your account.  On the other hand, although we are near all-time highs, the market isn’t far from where it was eighteen months ago.  It goes up on good economic

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After a bad end, a good start

Posted on April 6, 2019April 23, 2019 by Tom Byrne

The mini-panic of the last quarter of 2018 seems like a distant memory as 2019 witnessed the best start for the S&P 500 in over 20 years.  The bad things that were supposed to happen early this year, notably Fed rate hikes

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Blame game continues amidst sharp market drop

Posted on January 5, 2019April 23, 2019 by Tom Byrne

The stock market began 2018 with a bit of euphoria in January accompanied by many presidential tweets that seemed to tempt fate.  After one mid-winter scare it drifted modestly higher until mid-October, and then abruptly accelerated to the downside culminating with December

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