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The Dividend Mirage: Why Yield Alone No Longer Pay

here’s something comforting about dividends. For decades, investors have turned to them as tangible proof that a company is generating real cash flow and is willing to share it.

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The Timeless Shine of Gold in a Digital Age

When evaluating the integration of gold and bitcoin into their investment strategy, investors should carefully examine both their similar properties and fundamental differences. These assets are frequently positioned as alternative value repositories, particularly valuable during periods of macroeconomic volatility and uncertainty.

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Resilient U.S. Markets and Innovation Drive Third Quarter Gains Amid Global Uncertainty

During the third quarter of 2025, the U.S. markets demonstrated notable resilience despite facing a complex mix of trade tensions, policy shifts, and economic sector-specific developments.

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When Rates and Valuations Collide

Equities thrive when discount rates are low. Cheap capital inflates the present value of future cash flows, giving companies more leeway to finance growth and investors more willingness to pay higher multiples.

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Resilient But Vulnerable

Markets entered the second half of 2025 with renewed optimism, though not without turbulence earlier this year.

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Changing the World Takes Time

Globalt remains conservatively positioned with an underweight in global equities, and neutral duration in fixed income.

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Earnings at a Crossroads: Trade Pressures & Market Expectations Collide

"This earnings season is critical". We've heard that line before, but this time we believe it really is.

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'The Choppiness Will Continue Until Morale Improves'

Morale has taken a quick turn for the worse since the middle of February.

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A Rollercoaster Finale to 2024

The fourth quarter of 2024 was not just a period of optimism and recovery but also one of reflection and recalibration.

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A Not-So-Sneak-Peek Into 2025 for Stocks

In December, most strategists predicted positive returns for the S&P 500 in 2025. The range of reasonable outcomes for stocks is wide.

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Fed Faces Inflation. Volatility Looms.

Inflation remains the steadying factor in the Fed’s hand, but the Fed's intentions for next year are not likely unanimous.

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Trump Wins, Fed Cuts, Market Rips, Now What?

As a result of the election and rate cuts, the stock market indices surged to new highs in anticipation of lower taxes & looser regulations.

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Wait... Shouldn't Interest Rates Be Moving Lower?

The Fed lowered rates last month, so why are interest rates higher? More context helps clarify the disconnect between the Fed and the market.

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It's a Volatile World

Supply chain disruptions related to the port workers’ strike loom, the impacts of which we know can be incredibly destructive.

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The Fed’s “Recalibration” Supports a Soft Landing

Chair Powell successfully staved off hard landing concerns by reiterating the FOMC is confident in economic growth and inflation progress.