The 10th Anniversary of the start of the Financial Crisis; How much longer does the Goldilocks Scenario last? June marked the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Financial Crisis. In June 2007, ...
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Who pays the retirement plan fees? Should the plan sponsor pay? What about the participant? Maybe a mix of both? These questions are core to how our consultants help retirement plan committees ...
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Capital Markets Review- First Quarter 2017
Benjamin Smith, CFA 14 April, 2017
A Trump Bump and Growing International Economic Confidence: The first quarter of 2017 was dominated by political headlines and firming economic data globally. Risk assets continued to outperform ...
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Capital Markets Review - Fourth Quarter 2016
Benjamin Smith, CFA 10 January, 2017
A Tale of Two Halves 2016 can be described as a Tale of Two Halves. Many investors took a “risk-off” approach to the markets in the first half of the year due to a decline in oil prices and slow ...
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Capital Markets Review - Third Quarter 2016
Benjamin Smith, CFA 03 November, 2016
The Presidential Election Heats Up.... Global economies are turning their eyes to the US presidential election. Although world markets and economies absorb this leadership change every four years, ...
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