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March 2020 Market Recap
The S&P 500® Index declined 19.60% in the first quarter of 2020, the worst start to any year in stock market history. The equity market decline ...
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February 2020 Market Perspective
Market shocks come in all sizes and flavors. Sometimes they are a bolt out of the blue with no immediate identifiable trigger, like the flash ...
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February 2020 Market Recap
The S&P 500® Index declined 8.23% in February, inciting an intense spike in market volatility. The S&P 500® Index started February on a positive note, climbing 5.12% ...
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January 2020 Market Perspective
Volatility markets began to reflect possible election-year uncertainty in January. As the chart below shows, the VIX® futures contracts expiring near key election dates priced in ...
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January 2020 Market Recap
The S&P 500® Index declined 0.04% in January, with the small loss concealing significant intra-month volatility. January started strong with the S&P 500® Index returning 3.14% from ...
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December 2019 Market Perspective
Implied volatility moderated in 2019, after spending much of 2017 at or near record lows and experiencing extreme highs during two volatility spikes in 2018. ...
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December 2019 Market Recap
The S&P 500® Index returned 9.07% for the fourth quarter of 2019, resulting in a return of 31.49% for the year. The fourth quarter advance was ...
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November 2019 Market Perspective
What is the role of low-volatility investments – such as option writing strategies – if equity market volatility persists at the levels seen in November? ...
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November 2019 Market Recap
The S&P 500® Index advanced 3.63% in November, bringing its year-to-date return to 27.63%. The rise of the S&P 500® Index in November was driven by better ...
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October 2019 Market Recap
The S&P 500® Index returned 2.17% in October, oscillating over the first several days of the month before resuming its steady upward march after October 8. ...
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