Market Insights

April was a good month for stock market investors. In the US, the S&P 500 rallied 4.05% while the Russell 2000 rose 3.40%. Outside the US, developed markets were up 2.81% and emerging markets rose 2.11%. Broad bond market investors had a “ho-hum” month with the US Aggregate index flat 0.03%, but capital markets were strong as riskier high yield debt gained of 1.42%.

Longer-term interest rates spiked in September, we share our take on the month.

Equity markets recovered in September with a flurry of economic data. Click to read our full recap of the month and our forward looking thoughts.

The Fed cut interest rates by 0.25%. Find out what Accretive thinks about the Fed's actions.

A large amount of money is being managed to target a level of portfolio volatility, that can create some self-fulfilling prophesies. Here's what Accretive thinks...