Finally By Tom Richmond, Co-Head of Taxable SMA Strategies, Senior Portfolio Manager As we guessed (hoped) in our update last quarter, the third quarter finally delivered some action on several fronts worthy of discussion and analysis. The U.S. economy continued to perform reasonably well, as well, as third quarter Gross Domestic Product growth in currently […]
Resilience and Sustainability Overview Following a 26% rise in 2023, the S&P 500 advanced by 22% in the nine months ended September 30, 2024. By third quarter end, the S&P 500 had reached another all-time high, exceeding the January 2022 peak by 20% and the march 2020 COVID low by a resounding 158% (see Figure […]
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The Pause That Refreshes By Tom Richmond, Co-Head of Taxable SMA Strategies, Senior Portfolio Manager The first quarter of 2024 was relatively quiet and relatively good from a domestic, macroeconomic standpoint. Economic activity as measured by real GDP growth was estimated to be a shade over +2%; while not as strong as the pace seen […]
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