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Market Update: Wake Me Up When September Ends

By Kostya Etus, CFA®, Chief Investment Officer, Dynamic Investment Management Fed Economic Projections It has been a rough September with the market down for three weeks in a row. To top things off, volatility has come back as investors try to digest comments from the Federal Reserve (Fed) as it relates to their future rate […]

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Bond Market Update: Market Volatility Spells Significant Opportunity Across Fixed Income Landscape

By Bill Smith, Fixed Income Trader and Portfolio Manager For an asset class sometimes considered unexciting, the bond markets have been anything but dull in 2023. Bank failures, a hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed), disinflation, and higher yields have all contributed to a year of heightened volatility and significant opportunity across the fixed income landscape. FOMC […]

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Market Update: Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold

By Kostya Etus, CFA®, Chief Investment Officer, Dynamic Investment Management Labor Market Update August was a relatively flat month in terms of stock market performance as investors contemplated the potential next moves from the Federal Reserve (Fed): To hike or not to hike? That is the question. To help answer that question, we received three […]

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Q3 2023 Investing Insights: Top 3 Upward Sloping Lines

By Kostya Etus, CFA® Chief Investment Officer, Dynamic Investment Management Download the Q3 2023 Investing Insights for advisors’ use with clients “When life gets you down, you know what you gotta do? Just keep swimming.” – Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), “Finding Nemo,” 2003 It may be hard to believe, but the stock market has performed great […]

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Bond Market Update: Despite U.S. Credit Downgrade, Yield Opportunities Remain Robust

Download the 8.11.23 Dynamic Bond Market Update for advisors’ use with clients By Bill Smith, Fixed Income Trader and Portfolio Manager United States Credit Downgrade – A Brief Note Citing rising debt levels and “repeated debt limit standoffs and last-minute resolutions,” Fitch Ratings downgraded the United States credit rating from AAA to AA+ on August […]

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Market Update: One Last Hurrah

Download the 7.28.23 Dynamic Market Update for advisors’ use with clients By Kostya Etus, CFA®, Chief Investment Officer, Dynamic Investment Management Market Expectations We had a big week in terms of announcements with back-to-back key updates: Wednesday, July 26: The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) approved a much-anticipated interest rate hike of 0.25% to an overall […]

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