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See our recap of May's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The S&P 500 has gained 18.19% during the first two months of the second quarter. The strong rally has erased most of the index’s losses from February and March....

See our recap of April's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The initial reading of Q1 GDP in the U.S. showed a -4.8% annualized decline as a result of depressed economic activity through the COVID-19 response. The spot pri...

See our recap of March's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The S&P 500 lost 19.60% during the first quarter of 2020, the worst quarterly return since 2008, as the wide-reaching impacts of COVID-19 shocked the global e...

See our recap of February's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The S&P 500 Energy sector fell 14.56% during February. The sector is now down 24.01% year-to-date. The energy sector is negative for the one-year (-25.48%)...

See our recap of January's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The Energy sector fell by 11.07% in January amongst fears of a demand decrease due to the Coronavirus outbreak. U.S. GDP grew at only 2.1% annualized in the fou...

See our recap of December's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) NR USD was the leading broad index performer for the month of December, returning 7.46%. The EM Index was also the leading perfo...

See our recap of November's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The S&P 500 is positive for the year by 27.63%, on track for its best calendar year return since 2013. The US added 128,000 non-farm payrolls in October, f...

See our recap of October's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The preliminary reading of third quarter GDP growth in the U.S. was 1.9%. This represented a deceleration in the economy, but still beat consensus expectations ...

See our recap of September's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The S&P Small Cap 600 Value was the leading asset class of September with a return of 5.72%. Futures contracts on Brent Crude oil soared as high as 19.5% ...

See our recap of August's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The yield on the 10-year treasury closed the month at 1.50%. This is a 52 basis point drop during the month. The yield at the end of July was 2.02%. The S&P ...