Wednesday, September 9, 2020
August was a fascinating month for volatility statistics. The most
surprising stat was that, after July’s record for the widest-ever positive
spread between average implied volatility and realized volatility, the spread
in August was even wider.
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Friday, September 4, 2020
The S&P 500® Index returned 7.19%
for the month of August, bringing its year-to-date return to 9.74%. As the
nation continued to navigate fits-and-starts in economic activity related to
COVID-19 closures, data suggested a recovering macroeconomic backdrop. The
S&P 500® Index has climbed 57.74% from its March 23, 2020 low
through August 31, 2020, ending the month at a new all-time high.
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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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