With yields at or near historical lows in global bond markets, income-seeking investors may be on the hunt for dividend-paying stocks. Through reinvested dividends and the power of compounding, a dividend income strategy can support overall total return and…
U.S. Economy Still Growing Despite Global Turmoil U.S.-China trade, currency dispute impacting other economies, financial markets Out of the ashes of the global financial crisis, the U.S. economy in July entered its longest-running expansion in history. Stocks managed to…
Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, BCJ Financial Group As I write this commentary, it appears that the S&P 500 is heading for one of the worst weeks of 2019. What happened? The markets had fully expected…
Expectations that the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank may be getting ready to ease monetary policy to boost economic growth has led to rising prices for risk assets and some curious market anomalies. While negative yielding debt issued…
As earnings trickle in, mixed clues for market sentiment. Record highs for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average during the week that ended on July 12 prompted investors to put more money to work in equities, fund…
June’s Improved Optimism on Trade Helps Buoy Risk Assets Despite Mixed Economic Signals Fed appears poised to cut rates for first time since 2008. The second quarter is done and dusted, but market participants and futures markets appear to…
Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, BCJ Financial Group Recent rhetoric from the Fed, reports from the G20 meeting between President Trump and President Xi Jinping have resulted in improved optimism by the stock market. At the…
Earnings for some sectors may be impacted. Despite some diffusion of trade tensions at the weekend’s Group of 20 meetings in Japan, purchasing managers’ activity from around the globe indicates that economic growth is slowing. For the third month…
Gold prices reached six-year highs this week as key market and macro factors that have been brewing in recent weeks came together to help boost the precious metal’s allure. Heightening tensions between the U.S. and Iran, continued uncertainty about…
Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, BCJ Financial Group The US stock markets have rallied to new all-time highs in June following a big sell off in May. Last week the Fed made some shift in their…