Insights

December 2023 Market Recap

The S&P 500® Index returned 11.69% in the fourth quarter of 2023, with monthly returns of -2.10%, 9.13%, and 4.54% in October, November, and December, ...
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The Quality Factor

Investors chase various goals, but often diversification is key and high atop minds amid the current stock-bond correlation conundrum...
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November 2023 Market Recap

The S&P 500® Index returned 9.13% in November, interrupting three consecutive months of decline and capping an impressive advance of 11.18% from its intra-quarter low ...
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October 2023 Volatility Briefing

From the January 1, 1990 inception of the Cboe® Volatility Index (the VIX®) to November 17, 2023, the popular measure of implied volatility has averaged ...
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A Correlation Conundrum

Recently, as interest rates have climbed significantly and at a rapid pace, correlation between U.S. long-term government bonds and U.S. large cap stocks reached heights...
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