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Market Month: January 2020
January was full of ups and downs as investors rode a wave of uncertainty.
Market Week: January 27, 2020
Last week proved to be a tough one for the market as each of the benchmark indexes listed here lost value.
Blindsided
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The 2010s: A Decade in Review
Imagine it is early January 2010 and you are reading a review of the financial markets.
How China Overtook the U.S. as the World’s Major Trading Partner
A critical shift is occurring, and it may surprise you to learn that China has already usurped the U.S. as the world’s most dominant trading partner.
Market Week: January 21, 2020
The Dow has posted weekly gains for five of the last six weeks, the S&P 500 advanced for the second consecutive week, and the Nasdaq has risen for six straight weeks.
Sustainability as BlackRock’s New Standard for Investing
Climate change has become a defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects. Awareness is rapidly changing, and I believe we are on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance.
TRACED Act Offers Consumers Additional Protections Against Robocalls
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ranks unwanted robocalls highest on their list of consumer complaints.
Market Week: January 13, 2020
Last Friday's jobs report was a mixed bag of information. While 145,000 new jobs were added and the unemployment rate remained at 3.5%, wage growth was tepid in December to cap off a year of only moderate wage growth.
2019 Annual Reports
2019 Annual Reports are prepared and available through the Morningstar Web Portal
Green: The New Energy Era: The Lithium-Ion Supply Chain
Battery minerals are set to become the new oil, with lithium-ion battery supply chains becoming the new pipelines.
Trade Agreements Offer Optimism, But Uncertainty Remains
New trade deals were expected to be enacted in early 2020 acting as important steps toward resolving conflicts with our three largest trading partners that had cast a pall over a generally strong U.S. economy.
Dimensional Reduces US Mutual Fund Management Fees
Dimensional is pleased to announce a reduction in management fees or expense caps for 77 US Mutual Funds effective February 28, 2020.
Annual Market Review 2019
The year began with the government stymied by a shutdown, and ended with articles of impeachment levied against the president. Nevertheless, investors remained relatively bullish toward stocks, pushing several major indexes to record highs.
Hindsight Is 20/20. Foresight Isn’t.
The year 2019 served up many examples of the unpredictability of markets. Taken as a whole, it’s a reminder that the prediction game can be a losing one for investors.
New Spending Package Includes Sweeping Retirement Plan Changes
The SECURE Act represents the most sweeping set of changes to retirement legislation in more than a decade.
Market Week: December 30, 2019
The holiday spirit, coupled with renewed optimism on the trade front, helped propel stocks higher last week.