2019: A Year of Both Risk and Return? Both stocks and bonds enjoyed positive returns in the Third Quarter 2019, adding to already-impressive performance from the first half of the year. Year-to-date, the S&P 500 has returned a whopping +20.6%, while the Barclays Aggregate index of U.S. investment-grade bonds has produced an equally impressive return
Eton Advisors Newsletter – July 2019
Will the Fed Disappoint? Stocks and bonds delivered spectacular performance in the first six months of 2019. The S&P index of large-cap U.S. stocks returned 18.5% for the year through June 30, while the Barclays Aggregate index of investment-grade bonds delivered an equally impressive 6.1% return. Small cap stocks, foreign equities, publicly traded REITs, MLPs,
Eton Advisors Newsletter – April 2019
A Pause or a U-Turn? Financial markets were exceptionally strong in the first quarter of 2019. Nearly all major asset classes posted returns so positive that they virtually wiped out losses from the difficult fourth quarter of 2018. While we are certainly happy to have experienced such strong performance in Q1, we cannot help but
