2015 First Half Review The S&P 500 Index began the year at 2,059 and was 2,063 at the close on June 30. Meanwhile, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield started at 2.17% and ended at 2.35%. One might think it was an uneventful first half for stocks and bonds. Actually, there was no shortage of turbulence….

Up and Down A recent Google search on “stock market correction in 2015” yielded 20,900,000 results in just 1⁄3 of a second! Though widely anticipated, such a setback did not occur in the first quarter. Nevertheless, it was a period of heightened volatility. The S&P 500 Index was almost unchanged for the period, but there…

Progress and Profits “Defying the skeptics” is a succinct description of economic and market performance in 2014. The U.S. economy rebounded after a dismal first quarter, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by nearly 2.5% for the year. The American economy was a bastion of resilience amid ongoing weakness in Europe and slowing growth throughout…