Flagship Blog

June 23rd Weekly Market Update About a week into the World Cup the average number of goals scored per match is 2.92, putting the tournament on course to become the highest scoring World Cup since 1970 in Mexico (2.97). The greater number of goals is being blamed in...

June 16th Weekly Market Update The emerging markets (EM) asset class has been especially disappointing for investors in the past few years as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. However, last week EM pulled ahead of the performance of the S&P 500 Index...

June 9th Weekly Market Update We devote this commentary each week to assessing the many reasons markets may rise or fall. But at the heart of it, all markets come down to just one thing: buyers and sellers. Taking a look at who is buying and who is selling can tell us...

June 2nd Weekly Market Update Stocks have been moving higher lately, seemingly suggesting that growth is improving; yet at the same time bond yields have been moving lower, implying growth prospects are deteriorating. The big debate between which of these two...

May 27th Weekly Market Update This week, financial markets will digest a series of key reports on the health of the United States’ economy in the second quarter, with reports due out on: -Business capital spending: Durable goods orders and shipments for April, the...