Despite all the optimism about improving global economic conditions, we think we’re transitioning to more challenging times.

Despite all the optimism about improving global economic conditions, we think we’re transitioning to more challenging times.
This is the first time since 2010 that we have seen synchronized expansion and it seems reasonable to expect it to continue.
With historically low interest rates, investors looking for anything more than low single digit returns are forced into equity markets.
It has been eight years since the bottom of the last major bear market and economic recession. This marks the second longest bull market in Wall Street history.
Most global equity markets continued their upward march as investors remained optimistic about economic and stock market tailwinds.
With the Brexit outcome, the Trump victory, and the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series after 108 years, the art of forecasting is the year’s biggest loser!