Market Notebook, October 18th, 2020

 <CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK> Global equities struggled last week while bonds drifted higher. BND, the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF remained below the 20 day Exponential Moving Average and 50 day Simple Moving Average.Recent excess deaths as...

Market Notebook, October 11th, 2020

 <CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK> Global equities moved sharply higher while bonds were mixed with high yield moving higher and less risky issues slumping lower. BND, the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF remained solidly below the 20 day Exponential...

Market Notebook, October 4th, 2020

 <CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK> Global equities were mixed with the S&P 500 hovering near the 50 day moving average while bonds remained within a longer term consolidation range. Such price action is encouraging given last week’s news...

Market Notebook, September 27th, 2020

 <CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK> Global equities pulled back sharply during the last week while bonds moved somewhat lower, remaining within a longer term consolidation range. High yield was an exception, moving below the recent consolidation...

Market Notebook, September 20th, 2020

 <CLICK TO READ THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK> U.S. equities and bonds appeared to consolidate in a wide ranging channel during the last week. Individual countries diverged and appeared to decrease their price correlation with one another. Various sectors within...