by Matt Bradley | Apr 29, 2020 | Peloton Updates, Quarterly Recap |
It is difficult to offer a meaningful outlook at a time when events and markets are changing so rapidly. The recap is fairly straight forward: in response to the voluntary closure of broad segments of the economy and what will be a period of shockingly bad economic...
by Matt Bradley | Jan 17, 2020 | Peloton Updates, Quarterly Recap |
What a difference a year makes. December 2018 was a terrible month for stocks, and 2018 overall saw a 4% decline in the S&P 500. The Fed’s mid-December 2018 hike exacerbated an already-bad month (and quarter), and stocks closed near the lows for the year. For the...
by Matt Bradley | Oct 24, 2019 | Peloton Updates, Quarterly Recap |
Two years in a row, September has proven to be less bad for stocks than its infamous reputation warned. The S&P 500 gained 1.9% last month, which was enough to push the index just into the black for the quarter. For the year, the S&P 500 has gained 20.6%....
by Matt Bradley | Jul 16, 2019 | Peloton Updates, Quarterly Recap |
The old Wall Street adage “sell in May and go away” seemed to be working in 2019 – until early June when the market recouped May’s decline and quickly reached all-time high levels. In fact, despite the ups and downs since the start of the year, the market registered...
by Matt Bradley | Apr 22, 2019 | Peloton Updates, Quarterly Recap |
Today’s modern financial markets move quickly. If you blink you could miss significant price changes. Corrections and rebounds that used to take months or years now seem to occur in weeks or even days. Last year ended poorly for stocks, punctuated by an intense...
by Matt Bradley | Jan 16, 2019 | Peloton Updates, Quarterly Recap |
Stocks ended September near all-time highs, but a decidedly different tone was set early in the fourth quarter. Stocks dropped sharply in October as volatility returned, and after a brief rebound in November, the major indexes closed out 2018 with the worst showing in...
