The year of 2020 will be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic, protests against racial injustice, debates over returning to school or the office, and political posturing.It will also be remembered…
Jeff Powell, CIO, Managing Partner & Founder of Polaris Wealth & Jeremy Witbeck, Partner at Polaris Wealth, assess the post-election landscape for financial markets and discuss the recent development of…
"If you look into the US economy, we're still in a major recession. Our economic numbers are nowhere close to where they should be. And we're certainly nowhere close to…
As U.S. election hangs in balance.... Curious, hopeful, nervous.... The U.S. presidential election map took shape — amid concerns over drawn-out counts in some states. Jeff Powell, CIO, Managing Partner &…
Stock market’s fear gauge is hitting fresh highs days ahead of the election: Wall Street's favorite gauge of stock-market volatility rocketed to its highest level since mid-June on Wednesday as…
Q3 2020 Market Update Key Takeaways: Given the current market environment, macro-economics and fundamental analysis should be thrown out the window. This market is being driven by technical and sentiment.…
Political Economy of Financial Markets: How do financial markets react to political events such as elections or regulatory decisions? And what are the political repercussions of financial market events? Jeff Powell,…
"This entire year has been purely driven on sentiment. I mean, if you look at a lot of the fundamentals of what's going on within the markets, with earnings and…
Active vs. Passive Investment Management: Whenever there’s a discussion about active or passive investing, it can pretty quickly turn into a debate because investors and wealth managers tend to strongly…
"I think that the thing that's really true the most remarkable thing of all is just how much we've recovered from the lows given everything that we're really dealing with."…
