What Happened?

In short, the recent sell-off was underpinned by three primary factors, including: 1) overbought conditions coming into August — especially in big tech; 2) waning confidence for a soft landing due to last week’s weak I

This latest bout of market volatility has been unsettling, especially after such a calm 2023 and 2024 for stocks. However, with the benefit of some historical perspective, volatility of this magnitude is quite common.  

That said, Monday

While there has been some rebound today, the sell-off in stock markets from Thursday to Monday’s trading sessions was sharp and accompanied by a significant increase in volatility. We discuss how this current pullback and market volatility comp

Causes of the Market Selloff

• The current pullback markets are experiencing comes as multiple market concerns have coincided over the last few days. The primary driver stems from concerns the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) higher-for-longer polic

Infrastructure History

For many, investing in the infrastructure sector evokes thoughts of rather vanilla investments in toll roads, airports, and tunnels. While those investments remain attractive within the transportation sector, as an asset c

The first half of the year was a challenging environment for a lot of fixed income markets, especially higher-quality markets. With the Federal Reserve (Fed) seemingly unlikely to lower interest rates until after the summer months (at the earliest),

As the 2024 U.S. presidential election approaches and Americans prepare to vote, polls show a close race based on various polls in key six swing states (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin). Amid all the attention on Presi

With stock valuations elevated after such a strong first half, earnings growth will be key to holding, or potentially building on these gains. LPL Research believes stocks have gotten a bit over their skis, but earnings season may not be the catalyst

Key Takeaways

• Equity markets are enjoying a backdrop of extremely low volatility, supported by decelerating inflation, the prospect of less restrictive monetary policy, enthusiasm over artificial intelligence, and resilient corpor

The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) is saddling up as a new electronic stock exchange to be located in Dallas. Underpinned by a significant investment of $120 million from industry heavyweights like BlackRock and Citadel Securities, the TXSE aims to shak