Stocks broke their winning streak last week with the S&P 500 Index losing 0.7%, in balanced albeit light sell off that saw growth stocks losing 0.7% and value stocks losing 0.6%. Small Cap U.S. stocks actually posted marginal gains of 0.1% last week and are now up 10% for the year, essentially on par with their domestic Mid-cap counterparts which have appreciated 9.9% while outpacing U.S. Large cap stocks which are up 7.7% for 2016. ... Read More
Record low levels of volatility persisted into yet another week with U.S. and emerging markets finishing essentially flat and developed international markets posting a slight drop of 0.6%. The performance of the U.S. market was driven by gains in value stocks of 0.4% being partially offset by losses in growth stocks of 0.2%, as measured by the Russell 1000 Value and Growth Indexes respectively. ... Read More
In another week of low volatility that saw no daily price changes exceed 1%, the S&P 500 Index posted a meager gain of 0.1%. International developed markets* exhibited the strongest performance with a 2.9% weekly gain and are now up 2.3% for the year ... Read More
The S&P 500 Index edged up half of one percentage point last week as volatility picked up slightly but remained well below historical averages. U.S. Stocks are now up 8.2% (when measured by the S&P 500 Index) and/or 8.1% (when measured by the Dow Jones Industrial Average) this year ... Read More
U.S. stocks sold off slightly last week with the S&P 500 index losing 0.05% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.75%. Conversely, International Developed markets outpaced both U.S. stocks and international emerging markets with gains in the MSCI EAFE Index of 2.4% versus the 0.5% increase in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. ... Read More