Market Conditions, Fiscal Stimulus, & Investing

Market Conditions, Fiscal Stimulus, & Investing

Market Conditions, Fiscal Stimulus, & Investing March 16, 2020 By Thomas J. Connelly, CFA, CFP® President & Chief Investment Officer Today, world stock markets are down sharply again after Friday’s huge rally. Following a second, and much larger Federal...
Fed Elevates Repo Operations to Counter Treasury Market Disruptions

Fed Elevates Repo Operations to Counter Treasury Market Disruptions

March 16, 2020 Update: The Ides of March brought considerable changes to the Federal Reserve’s strategy to provide stability during the Coronavirus outbreak: The Federal Funds Rate was given an emergency 1% cut, placing the upper limit of the target range at 0.25% and...
Current Market Volatility

Current Market Volatility

Current Market Volatility While a sharp decline in stock prices is unnerving, panic is not an investment strategy Plummeting stock prices on Monday were associated with oil-price volatility on top of an already nervous market concerned about the Coronavirus outbreak...
A Transformed Investor’s Reaction to Coronavirus

A Transformed Investor’s Reaction to Coronavirus

A Transformed Investor’s Reaction to Coronavirus By Dave Goetsch Executive Producer, The Big Bang Theory   The news is full of stories about the coronavirus. It’s scary. My 10-year-old son came home from school today worried about it. We don’t know how many...
Tuning Out the Noise

Tuning Out the Noise

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tuning Out the Noise Keeping your eye on the ball for long term investing[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] For investors, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the...
The Coronavirus and the Global Financial Markets

The Coronavirus and the Global Financial Markets

The Coronavirus and the Global Financial Markets What are the economic consequences for investors? February 25, 2020 By Thomas Connelly, CFA, CFP President & CIO, Versant Capital Management, Inc. Broad stock markets around the world were down 1 to 4 percent...