Asset class returns were generally positive in the second quarter of 2024. Insurance-linked securities led all asset classes for the quarter while stocks and bonds produced modest positive returns. Meanwhile, real estate securities turned in
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Stocks picked up in the first quarter of 2024 from where they left off last year. After a strong rally to end the year, U.S. and non-U.S. stocks returned 10.4 percent and 4.6 percent, respectively
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Happy New Year! It’s that time of year when economists and investment professionals engage in the popular ritual of predicting where the economy and markets are headed over the upcoming year. If enough people look
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The third quarter of this year marked the 15th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the investment bank failure at the epicenter of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. The occasion got me thinking
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Earlier this year, a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center caught my attention. The survey asked the following question: “In general, would you say life in America today is better, worse, or about the