Thursday, August 6, 2020
Despite the huge contraction in economic activity and corporate
profitability during the second quarter of 2020, the U.S. equity market mounted
an impressive rally, ending July near all-time highs.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
The S&P 500® Index returned 5.64% for the month of July, bringing its year-to-date return to 2.38%. As portions of the nation began to restart some non-essential business activities after COVID-19 related closures, new hot-spots with increasing case counts faced a fresh round of mitigation efforts.
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Thursday, July 30, 2020
Increased volatility in 2020 associated with COVID-19 caused the standard deviation of the S&P 500® Low Volatility Total Return Index1 (the SPLVI) to climb to a higher level than that of the S&P 500® Index. Moreover, the SPLVI Index had a larger peak-to-trough loss than the S&P 500® Index as well.
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