Sector Focus: Financials

The financial sector is vast; we can only give a high-level overview. We will cover US equity markets, international bonds, US market managers, world equities markets, derivatives markets, banks, and insurance companies. At the end of this piece, we will comment on...

Sector Focus: Shipping

The transportation sector can be divided into regional transportation (train, road, and airplane) and global transportation which is largely comprised of maritime shipping. Although this division is not very precise it provides valuable insights because global...

Sector Focus: Healthcare

The healthcare sector is a growing and complex part of the economy, particularly in the US. The certainties and uncertainties of an aging Baby Boomer population who will expect virtually unlimited access to care during health crises mean that demand in this sector...

Sector Focus: Semiconductors

Over the course of the next several weeks, we will be discussing our views on particular sectors which in our opinion may present some challenges and opportunities. This week we present an overview of the semiconductor sector in the context of their applications....

Weekly Market Update

Market Action Movement regarding the U.S. budget and tax reform helped propel the S&P 500 to an unusual 8 consecutive days of new high closings. On Friday, when the U.S. Department of Labor reported a loss of 33,000 jobs in September (blamed on Hurricanes Harvey...