Market Perspective

Uncertainty around the economic impacts of the Trump Administration’s tariff policy has caused concern of a potential environment where inflation reaccelerates while growth slows...

With screens on and brackets in hand, investors have entered “March Madness” in which the arrival of spring also means basketball...

With the return of the Trump Administration, there is uncertainty about the potential impact of recently implemented policies and impending changes...

In the world of investing, factors are nothing new and are often used as a tool for diversification. With factor-based approaches, however, many investors often ...

In 2024, the S&P 500® Index achieved its first consecutive 20%+ return since 1998-1999 while the Cboe® Volatility Index (the VIX®) reached crisis-like levels, supporting ...

The Gateway Quality Income strategy seeks to provide equity market participation and consistent income with reduced risk using two components. The first component is to ...

A departure by the Fed from expansive quantitative easing and economic management to more normalized and core-mandate driven policy has generated more uncertainty for the ...

Investors following along this year witnessed higher average levels of volatility compared to the post-crisis quantitative easing era. However, until August, it was a relatively ...

Investors familiar with options-based strategies may also be familiar with the Cboe^® S&P 500^® BuyWrite^SM Index (the BXM^SM), which represents a covered call writing approach...

In recent Perspectives, stock market volatility trends and impact on options market pricing has been reviewed. Summertime Volatility highlighted the seasonality of implied and realized ...