Market Review The benchmark S&P 500 index closed the 2nd quarter up 9.5% year-to-date after a lackluster start to 2026. Most of that return came during a sharp and largely one-way dash upward thru April and May before the index gave back some of those gains during June. Despite the geopolitical headwinds during the 1st…

Market Review The benchmark S&P 500 index closed the 1st quarter down 4.6% to break a run of three consecutive quarterly gains. Index returns were modest but largely positive thru most of February, but events in the Middle East made for a saw-toothed downward path to the eventual quarterly return. Geopolitical events will likely dominate…