
Investment Committee and Investment Advisory Department Report, 2019 Volume Three
Volatility Has Returned, Yet Markets Have Been Resilient The steady gains of early 2019 are more variable now. After a strong first quarter historically-typical volatility has returned, driven by uncertainty. U.S.-China trade relations, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy and the state of the world’s economies caused a May pullback of more than 6% in the S&P 500. Stocks broadly…