By: Steve Bruce The S&P 500 ended last week lower, marking five consecutive weeks of negative returns—a relatively rare occurrence in U.S. equity market history. Since 1950, the S&P 500 has experienced a five-week losing streak just 29 times. Events like this naturally raise an important question for investors: does the market typically rebound after […]
By: Steve Bruce If you hold a meaningful allocation to international equities, this past week has been a painful one. Since 2008, when the long-term trend of international ex-U.S. equities versus the Russell 3000 has been above its 200-day moving average, the last five trading days rank as the worst relative performance for international stocks […]
We’ve published our February 2026 Monthly Investment Outlook by Economic Regime, a data-driven framework designed to evaluate relative asset class performance based on current economic conditions. A Rules-Based Economic Regime Model Our approach incorporates 11 monthly economic indicators spanning: Economic growth Inflation Employment trends Consumer and business activity Monetary policy conditions Each indicator is evaluated […]