Trump sends the markets into correction territory

Donald Trump is escalating his global trade war, issuing increasingly wild threats as targets from China to Canada and Europe retaliate with tariffs of their own rather than retreat. In the meantime, the resulting chaos has driven the S&P 500 into a correction....

Brace for a correction in the markets

Earlier this week, Trump affirmed that the previously announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico would go into effect on March 4.  Then followed it up by saying that “China will likewise be charged an additional 10% tariff on that date”. The new tariff would be...

Land of Confusion

Wall Street closed out a tough week on Friday with a 1% retreat, but overall, for the month of January, it was a positive story with an advance of nearly 3%. On Wednesday, the central bank maintained its key policy rate unchanged after three straight rate cuts to end...

A Recap of 2024 and Look Ahead to 2025

2025 began with the S&P 500 index ending lower in a holiday shortened week as Wall Street’s bull run lost some steam. After hefty yearly gains in 2024 with the S&P 500 returning 23.3%, investors took some money off the table. Additionally, uncertainty...

A Recap of 2024 and Look Ahead to 2025

2025 began with the S&P 500 index ending lower in a holiday shortened week as Wall Street’s bull run lost some steam. After hefty yearly gains in 2024 with the S&P 500 returning 23.3%, investors took some money off the table. Additionally, uncertainty...

Is it all too good to be true?

Wall Street posted a three week win streak on Friday, propelled by strengthened expectations for another interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve at its final monetary policy committee meeting of the year later this month. This week was marked by a big milestone: the...