On March 4, 1957, the S&P 500 began tracking 500 large US companies. Prior to that, it tracked only 90 individual stocks. In the time since then, the S&P has hit 960 new all-time highs. That equates to about one record-breaking high every 15 trading days, or every three weeks on average. The problem with… Read More

Brand AMG is excited to have Matt Dezort, a senior at Missouri State University, join us this year as our 2016 summer intern. He is a highly talented student and already very accomplished. Our team is looking forward to spending the Summer with Matt and we hope you get the chance to meet him! Meet… Read More

I’ve been chewing on this BREXIT issue for some time leading up to yesterday. I am a bit groggy as I type this because I stayed up well into the night listening to what other people think about it as well. For the sake of brevity, here’s how I’m processing this as of lunchtime 6/24/16:… Read More

A referendum will be held on Thursday, June 23rd, to decide whether or not the United Kingdom stays in the European Union. The recent uncertainty in mock polls has left markets volatile, making the world worry what will happen if a BREXIT (aka British Exit) does take place. While we can’t be sure what the… Read More

March 17, 2016 – Here’s a headline from Business Insider at 4pm on February 11, 2016: “CHAOS ON WALL STREET: Here’s what you need to know” By Myles Udland, Business Insider “The latest sentiment reading from the American Association of Individual Investors released on Thursday showed that just 19.2% of respondents called themselves “bullish,” the… Read More