2017 was another record setting year for equity markets. There was not only growth in U.S. markets, but, extreme growth in Non-U.S. equities throughout the year. Nearly all equity markets finished the year at near or record highs. News headlines continued to be dominated by president Trump, and politics generally overshadowed the storylines in economics…
Category: Politics & Markets
At the start of the week we saw US stocks as measured by the S&P 500 +7.86% YTD. International developed market stocks as measured by the MSCI EAFE was +12.25% YTD. Lastly, Emerging markets as measured by the MSCI EM was +14.04% YTD at the start of the week. Certainly a small sample size, but…