Scott Hoxer

Rebound year? 2022 was a particularly challenging year for markets and one that investors will not remember with fondness. We saw a significant decline in all major US market indices in what was the worst year for equities since 2008: The equity indices, however, only tell part of the story. 2022’s market pain was deeply […]

Summer Heat For large swathes of the United States, the summer of 2023 has been scorching and many areas throughout the world have seen record breaking heat.  Here are just a few records of note: Markets too have been heating up and July in particular was a great month.  A few items of interest are:

Fact or Fiction? 2023 has been mixed in terms of economic data but markets in the balance have been moving upward.  Both stocks and bonds have seen upward movement over the past three and a half months: While markets have been moving in the right direction, there has been no shortage of unsettling news.  We’ve

What Does Autumn Hold? Every year as we enter the end of summer, I find my thoughts turning to autumn.  It’s a particularly favorite time of year for me.  I love the onset of cooler weather, college football, Halloween and Thanksgiving, and the other joys that autumn brings.  In the investment realm the first seven

Anatomy of a Bear Market As of the time of this writing (June 13), the market crossed into bear market territory. Major swaths of the market, however, have been in a bear market for several months. A bear market is defined as a 20% declinefrom a market high. While no one likes bear markets, they

Reasons for Optimism For many months running, the headlines in popular press have been largely negative, particularly so in economic matters.  The myopia around the negative has led many to deep economic pessimism.  The tendency of news media to focus on the negative is as old as time.  The old adage, “if it bleeds, it

2022 Outlook 2022 has dawned with heightened volatility and concerns that a prolonged market downturn is imminent. We view 2022 as a bit of a mixed bag in terms of market risk and opportunity and perhaps have a more nuanced view than many. For this month’s Insights, I thought it would be constructive to spend

International Markets Amidst the events of the past year, much investor focus has centered around US markets and the US economy. Often lost in this discussion is how international markets have fared and what the outlook is for international markets. International markets can comprise a part of a well-diversified portfolio and for this month’s Insights,

As the dust has somewhat settled on a chaotic and contentious election cycle, I wanted to share some observations on theevents of the past month as they relate to capital markets and your investments. At the time of this writing, the Dow JonesIndustrial Average just posted the highest monthly gain since 1987 (up 11.8%) and

It has become cliché to talk about 2020 as a historic and wild year, but it truly has been just that. In financial markets, we haveseen record volatility and huge price anomalies. Consider just a few:-The S&P 500 index fell by over 30% from February 19 through March 23. This was the fastest decline to