For our Data section today we will extend the September performance review from “Markets” to consider non-US equity markets. Let’s start with a recap of month-to-date returns across geographies: US Large Caps (S&P 500): +1.2% in...
Today the US Census Bureau released its latest data on local-level income, poverty and health insurance statistics from its American Community Survey. For data nerds like us this is sort of like Christmas in September, so let’s look at the...
Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal quoting DataTrek: …. “‘Big tech’ continues to work despite the shift out of momentum names because only one, Microsoft, actually fits that bill,” DataTrek co-founders Nicholas Colas and Jessica...
What do your kids want to dress up as for Halloween next month? The National Retail Federation reports that these are the five most popular costumes children plan to wear this year: Princess (7.9% or 3.1 million children) Superhero (6%, 2.4...
Excerpt of US News/Yahoo Finance quoting DataTrek’s Jessica Rabe: …. “After a relatively modest sell-off on Tuesday afternoon, the S&P 500 recovered on Wednesday morning as a number of market experts said impeachment...
Excerpt from Barron’s quoting DataTrek co-founder Nick Colas: …. “It’s not the only area, however. Though DataTrek’s Colas considers the emerging markets index a “reasonable way” to play on an end to the current trade war,...
