Time to Read: 4 Minutes Markets have been reintroduced to volatility after several hundred cases of a deadly new virus were first reported last week in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The respiratory illness belongs to family of viruses that contains the common cold as well as SARS and MERS. This week, the number of cases

Time to Read: 3 Minutes Central banks around the world supported the rally in equity markets in 2019. We continue to see signs of global economic recovery but expect more market volatility in 2020 than we saw in 2019. We remain slightly underweight equities and overweight on high-quality bonds while we continue to assess the

Time to Read: 5 minutes General Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite military force and one of the most powerful figures in the Islamic Republic, was killed by an airstrike in Baghdad on Friday, January 3rd, 2020. The Trump administration ordered the airstrike to deter “imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel.”

Time to Read: 4 Minutes | At Brown Wealth Management, we closely monitor global economic indicators to guide changes in client portfolios. Recently, signs of global economic recovery have emerged. A combination of much easier global monetary policy and a modest reduction in geopolitical risk (i.e., the U.S.-China trade war and Brexit) are likely partially

Time to Read: 3 minutes Mixed signals from some of our key indicators have caused us to remain underweight equities after cutting exposure from an overweight position last year. We will continue to focus on these key indicators to help determine what’s next for the markets. Here are our key takeaways from Brown Wealth Management’s

Time to Read: 7 minutes In our latest webinar we discussed all the media coverage around a potential recession in the United States. In that presentation, we featured a version of the table below. which is Ned Davis Research’s (NDR's) Recession Watch Report. The table features ten key indicators that have historically been indicative of

Time to read: 5 minutes | The Federal Reserve’s first interest rate cut in 10 years was supposed to be met with cheers by financial markets. Wall Street’s response to the 0.25% cut to the target Federal Funds rate on July 31 quickly turned sour. Capital markets, addicted to a decade of cheap money, were

Time to read: 2 minutes | A year after cutting equity exposure from an overweight position to marketweight, we are focusing on key indicators to help determine what’s next for the markets. Here are our key takeaways from Brown Wealth Management’s Mid Year Update Webinar: The secular bull market will favor an overweight to

Time to read: 5 minutes | “Don’t fight the Fed” is one of our rules of tactical investing. This year it’s been easy to observe Federal Reserve policies directly affecting capital markets. The Fed pivot on January 5 ignited a stock-market rally that took some of the US averages, such as the S&P 500 and

Time to read: 7 minutes | The first half of May has been a rude awakening for investors as the U.S./China trade conflict has unexpectedly escalated. This escalation started with a weekend tweet by President Trump, followed by increased tariffs on Chinese imports that range from 10% to 25%. The response from China - tariffs on