Jan 16, 2020 | Letters To Clients
It was in this letter exactly a year ago that we sought to provide some perspective about the steep decline stocks had just experienced in fourth quarter 2018. Over the course of just a few trading sessions in December, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 12%,...
Oct 30, 2019 | Letters To Clients
It has been said that golf is an easy game, it’s just hard to play. Much the same could be said of investing. The principles of long-term investment success aren’t particularly complicated. Construct a well-diversified portfolio appropriate for your risk and return...
Jul 29, 2019 | Letters To Clients
Each point in the ups and downs of the market has its own emotional challenges for long-term investors. The inevitable downturns like we saw in 2018 require that we muster our intestinal fortitude and avoid the temptation to flee to cash. In times of extended market...
May 24, 2019 | Letters To Clients
After a turbulent end to 2018 sent stock indices around the globe into bear market territory, equities staged a big recovery in the first quarter of 2019. For the quarter, the S&P 500 index gained 13.65% and was within a few percentage points of its record high....
Jan 17, 2019 | Letters To Clients
Stocks around the globe experienced a significant decline during Fourth Quarter 2018, a trend that began in October and accelerated rapidly in December. The downturn was widely attributed to the prospect of continued higher interest rates, ongoing tensions in the...
Oct 31, 2018 | Letters To Clients
After regaining their all-time highs over the summer months, stocks saw a resurgence of volatility in the beginning of October. The downturn was widely attributed to rising interest rates, as the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note surged to 3.25% for the...
