by Matt Papazian, CFA | Oct 16, 2019 | Investing, Market Updates, The Helm Quarterly Market Outlook
President Donald Trump on January 22, 2018, first enacted tariffs on washing machines and solar cell manufacturers — the first volley in a trade war that now spans almost two years. In that time — 624 days later and up to October 8, 2019, to be exact — the Dow Jones...
by Matt Papazian, CFA | Sep 12, 2019 | Investing, Market Updates
Sailors released, Brexit in a ditch, Huawei purgatory, trade talks about talks to have talks. Are the clouds lifting, or has the damage been done? Stena Impero: Iran has released seven of the British tanker’s 23 crew members. This action has reduced tensions in the...
by Matt Papazian, CFA | Apr 2, 2019 | Market Updates
A big stock rally kicking off the second quarter, coupled with major first-quarter gains that have ushered indexes to near-record levels (for example, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is within 800 points of its high, and the S&P 500 index landed its biggest...
by Cardan Capital Partners | Dec 19, 2018 | Market Updates
The Federal Reserve today announced its decision to proceed with a December rate hike of the federal funds rate. This is the fourth rate hike in 2018 and the ninth since the Fed started raising rates in 2015, each time with an increase of a quarter-percentage point...
by Cardan Capital Partners | Dec 4, 2018 | Investing, Market Updates
Global stock markets dropped sharply today with the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ each falling more than 3%. The catalysts appear to have been concerns over the truce in the trade war between the United States and China, uncertainty over the outcome of Brexit, and an...
