Quarterly Newsletters
January 2021
Fourth Quarter 2020 Market Review.
Topics include: Market Review 2020: Looking Back On an Unprecedented Year.
Download here: 2020 Q4 Market Review
Additional report from our friends at First Trust: First Trust Market Perspectives
October 2020
Third Quarter 2020 Review of the World Stock Markets.
Topics include: Growth Stocks Versus Value Stocks.
Download here: 2020 Q3 Market Review
Additional Report from our friends at Morningstar: Morningstar Market Observer Q42020
July 2020
Second quarter 2020 review of the markets.
Topics include: Long-Term Investors: Don't Let a Recession Faze You!
Download here: 2020 Q2 Market Review
April 2020
First Quarter 2020 Market Review.
Topics include: The Coronavirus and Market Declines.
Download here: 2020 Q1 Market Review
Matt Stewart's letter to clients regarding the market declines. Download here: 2020 Q1 Client Letter
January 2020
4th quarter 2019 stock and bond market review.
Topics include: Tuning Out the Noise - when faced with short-term noise from headline news, it's easy to lose sight of the potential long-term benefits of staying invested.
Download here: 2019 Q4 Market Review
October 2019
3rd quarter 2019 review of the markets.
Topics include: Timing Isn't Everything - How hard is it to time the market?
Download here: 2019 Q3 Market Review
July 2019
A review of the various world stock and bond markets covering the 2nd quarter of 2019.
Topics include: The Uncommon Average - How often does the stock market's annual returns actually align with its long-term average?
Download here: 2019 Q2 Market Review
April 2019
2nd quarter newsletter reviewing markets and economy over the 1st quarter 2019.
Topics include: Is the bull market back on track?, strong employment environment continues, yield inversion of the 10-year/3-month treasuries, the death of John Bogle, and crazy wedding cakes.
Download a copy here: 2019 2Q Newsletter
January 2019
1st quarter newsletter, including a review of the markets and economy in the 4th quarter of 2018.
Topics include: market corrections; Federal reserve..."a long way from neutral"; record EPS growth for 3rd quarter; negative earnings growth outlook for 4th quarter; first yield curve inversion since 2007; worst Christmas Eve for the markets ever.
Also covered: update on stock model strategies; value outperforms growth in Q4; and Banksy prank.
Download a copy here: 2019 1Q Newsletter
October 2018
A review of markets in the 3rd quarter from Morningstar.
Download a copy here: Morningstar Market Review of Q3
July 2018
3Q 2018 Newsletter, including a review of the markets and economy in the first half of 2018.
Topics include: GDP numbers; Fed Chairman Jerome Powell; the flattening yield curve; quarterly earnings; growth versus value style; Tax-return identity theft; and eyeball tattoos.
Download PDF here: 2018 3Q Newsletter