The month of April proved to be a particularly stormy continuation of market volatility, bringing with it negative returns in both the stock and bond markets all around the world. In the United States, the S&P 500 declined over 8.7% and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index was down almost 3.8%, while the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 Index was down over 13.3%, its worst single month since October 2008. Read More
Last Friday, Vanguard and other fund companies announced they would be selling all holdings related to Russian stocks or bonds over the weekend, pursuant to international sanctions. Read More
By Phil Daniels, CFP®, AIF® When most people think of investing, they think of public markets – the stock and bond markets we all see discussed on television. However, there is another way to invest that has been around for a much longer time, but only more recently has become more accessible to investors –… Read More
Overnight, Russia officially attacked Ukraine, and global markets are responding negatively. All of this comes on the heels of what has already been a challenging start to the new year, especially for US stocks. International stocks had fared better year-to-date, which was largely the result of a more hawkish US Federal Reserve relative to other… Read More
Phil and I have the great privilege of announcing the expansion of the ownership group here at Brand Asset Management Group, Inc. Effective February 1st, both Ryan Green and Tim Egart officially became partners of the firm. I suspect that if you know them at all, this comes as no surprise. They have both… Read More