2022 was a year to forget for investors. Stock and bond markets staged a recovery in the final quarter of last year, but it was not nearly enough to offset the significant financial market declines from the first three quarters of 2022. Much will likely be written in the years to come […]
Despite a Promising Start, Markets Ultimately Resumed Their Decline & Reached New Lows in Q3 After a historically challenging first half of 2022 for financial markets, investors had a reprieve in the early weeks of the third quarter with the S&P 500 rallying 17% from June 16 to August 16. However, […]
The first quarter of 2022 was extremely challenging for investors, and the second quarter was no better. Indeed, taken together, the first half of 2022 was one of the toughest periods for capital markets on record […]
The first quarter of 2022 was a challenging one for investors. Traditional asset classes like stocks and bonds broadly posted losses (indeed, bond markets suffered one of their worst quarters on record). On the other hand, it was a banner period for commodities, which had one of their best quarterly […]