Every day investors accept unknown and potentially far-reaching economic and geopolitical risks. Watergate, OPEC’s…
“I want to leave to my…
In case your holiday shopping list includes a book or two, below is a list of the Woodmont team’s top reads in 2016. Listed below in alphabetical order with a brief blurb about each from Amazon.
Equity investors entered 2016 with low expectations. Nine months later, markets are just shy of…
The first half of 2016 proved yet again investors can expect the unexpected. After the worst start to a year ever…
T he Standard & Poor’s 500 Index had its worst ever start to a year falling 10% as of February 11. Subsequently climbing 13%, the Index managed to close the first quarter up 1%. Not since 1934 had the S&P 500 or its predecessor index begun the first…
I n 2015, the S&P 500 increased 1%, the MSCI Global Index declined 2%, and the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index gained 1%. Emerging international and small-capitalization stocks struggled, declining 15%…
Despite recent polls indicating a tight race, the British vote to exit the European Union proved a…