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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 ...

See our recap of July's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The fed lowered the target federal funds rate to 2.25 percent. This is the first rate cut by the Fed since 2008. Large cap stocks have outperformed small cap stock...

See our recap of June's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The yield on the 10-year US Treasury finished June at 2.00%, its lowest monthly close in years. The spot price for an ounce of gold closed at $1.428 on June 24, it...

See our recap of May's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The S&P 500 suffered its first monthly loss of 2019. The index fell 6.35% during the month, but it is still positive by 10.74% year-to-date. The yield on the 10...

What kind of investments should investors be looking at when they want stock market exposure but are concerned about stock market volatility? One option worth consideration is put writing, in which you as the investor sell puts on an index like the S...

See our recap of April's key statistics and market commentary below.

See our recap of March's key statistics and market commentary below.