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After tumbling for weeks, oil prices stabilized close to $30/barrel after several major oil producers—including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar, and Venezuela—announced their willingness to freeze production levels to fight low…
KenFebruary 23, 2016
Amid volatile stock prices and disappointing global economic news, you may have heard a lot of chatter on media networks about whether the U.S. economy is facing another recession. In…
KenFebruary 16, 2016
In this week’s update, we wanted to dig deeper into a major economic indicator that drives market analysis and activity: the monthly jobs report.
KenFebruary 9, 2016
Stocks experienced another volatile week with high daily swings in value. Despite the lingering uncertainty, stocks ended the week higher on the back of better-than-expected earnings reports and higher oil…
KenFebruary 2, 2016
US Markets have been trending lower since August – except for one big rally in October. A “Buy and Hold” strategy will probably not work here. We believe more active management…
KenJanuary 26, 2016
Exclusive Content If you are a client, sign in below to access exclusive content. Stocks closed down again Friday ahead of the long holiday weekend after disappointing earnings, more China…
KenJanuary 20, 2016
China’s ongoing economic woes are causing major turmoil in stock markets around the world. Disappointing data from China included reports that factory activity dropped for the 10th consecutive month, squashing…
KenJanuary 11, 2016
The New Year brought in ‘fireworks’, but not the kind investors were hoping for. Instead, investors were greeted with a major selloff to start the New Year. One of the…
KenJanuary 5, 2016
We came into December with ‘decent’ expectations of a ‘year-end rally’. History was on investor’s side as well. Since 1950, December has been the best performing month, averaging 1.7%. It…
KenDecember 22, 2015
Exclusive Content If you are a client, sign in below to access exclusive content. Markets ended a volatile week sharply down after oil hit near-seven-year lows and a major corporate…
KenDecember 15, 2015