Reading Time: 3 minutes September 2022 Market Summary The S&P 500 Index returned -4.1% during August, underperforming the Russell 2000 Index (-2.0%) for a second consecutive month. Energy (+2.7%) was the top-performing S&P 500 sector during August despiteoil...
Reading Time: 4 minutes July 2022 Market Summary The S&P 500 Index produced a +9.2% total return during July, underperforming the Russell 2000 Index’s +10.6% total return. All eleven S&P 500 sectors produced positive returns during July. Consumer Discretionary...
Reading Time: 7 minutes Looking Back at a Rocky First Half of 2022 Financial markets remained unsettled and volatile during the second quarter. The stock market’s trend changed multiple times as investors continued to search for direction amid a sea of changing...
Reading Time: 3 minutes April 2022 Market Recap The S&P 500 Index produced a -8.8% total return during April, outperforming the Russell 2000 Index’s -9.9% total return. Consumer Staples was the only S&P 500 sector to produce a positive return during April’s...
Reading Time: 8 minutes March Market Summary The market is attempting to catch its breath as the first quarter of 2022 ends. There was no shortage of events for the market to navigate, including the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate increase since December 2018,...