Confusion in Washington?
- Byron Sanders
- 29.06.2021
- Economy
Confusion in Washington? June 29, 2021 Equity market volatility returned in the second half of June. Benchmarks experienced several steep selloffs and recoveries during ...
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2021 Outlook Report from Goldman Sachs
- Doug Kinsey
- 21.01.2021
- Economy
Goldman Sachs Consumer & Wealth Management has published their 2021 Outlook Report. You can get your exclusive copy here:
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Artifex 4th Quarter 2020 Economic Commentary
- Byron Sanders
- 08.01.2021
- Economy
Fourth Quarter Market Commentary January 7, 2021 December capped a strong 2020 fourth quarter performance by both domestic and global equities. At the close of business ...
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Artifex Economic Commentary Dec. 16, 2020
- Byron Sanders
- 17.12.2020
- Economy
Consolidation December 16, 2020 Since the end of November, world equity prices have trended moderately higher. Several leading, broad based equity indexes in the US have ...
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Covid Redux
- Byron Sanders
- 02.11.2020
- Economy
November 02, 2020 Covid Redux Back and forth action earlier this month gave way to a steady downtrend over the last two weeks, culminating, so far, in a roughly 3% ...
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Artifex Mid-October Market Update
- Byron Sanders
- 20.10.2020
- Investments
Progress October 19, 2020 Global equity prices continued mostly higher over the past two weeks, building on strong third quarter gains. In the US, broad benchmark ...
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Artifex August Market Commentary
- Byron Sanders
- 10.09.2020
- Economy
September 8, 2020 August is traditionally quiet on Wall Street. Congress is in recess and many US families are on vacation. The pace of trading in the equity markets ...
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Artifex August Economic Update - Optimism Spreading
- Byron Sanders
- 01.09.2020
- Investments
Optimism Spreading One by one, broad based US equity indexes are reaching new all-time highs, almost like dominoes falling. In the last two weeks, the S&P 500 and ...
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Artifex July Monthly Market Commentary
- Byron Sanders
- 10.08.2020
- Economy
August 6, 2020 July extended a run of positive monthly returns since the end of the first quarter. A strong first half was followed by uneven performance during the late ...
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Rally Extending
- Byron Sanders
- 20.07.2020
- Economy
July 16, 2020 Equity prices in the US have worked significantly higher over the first half of July. Volatility has increased a notch as successive days feature optimism ...
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