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Despite March’s bank-failure scare, most investment categories posted a second-consecutive quarter of gains in the January-March period.  Large-company domestic stock benchmarks rose by around 5%, on average; their...

          All major categories of financial assets produced solidly positive investment returns in the October-December period.  Large-company U.S. equity results were unusually diverse: the S&P 500 and...

Every major category of financial-market investment recorded negative returns during the July-September period; for most it was their third consecutive quarterly decline.  Domestic large-company stocks gave up around 5%;...

2Q 2022 Review and OutlookJuly 2022Soaring inflation, hawkish central banks, grinding war in Ukraine and a COVID-locked-down Chinese economy made for an abysmal April-June quarter for nearly all categories of financial investments...

Faced with war in Ukraine, soaring energy prices and increasingly hawkish central bankers, nearly all categories of financial investments suffered moderate losses in the first three months of the year.  Large-company U.S. stocks...