Insights

2025 will go down as the Year of Perpetual Change . Throughout the year, consumers and corporations were forced to digest an onslaught of uncertainty stemming from significant shifts in federal policy.   In (mostly) chronological order, these changes included:   ·         The creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ·         The introduction of a high tariff regime ·         A subsequent move to a more modest tariff strategy ·         Changes in immigration

2025 Year in Review   2025 will go down as the Year of Perpetual Change . Throughout the year, consumers and corporations were forced to digest an onslaught of uncertainty stemming from significant shifts in federal policy.   In (mostly) chronological order, these changes included: a)      The creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) b)      The introduction of a high tariff regime c)       A subsequent move to a more modest tariff strategy d)      Changes i

Price Return Last Week S&P 500 (1.0%)   S&P Mid Cap    (0.7%)       Russell 2000    (1.0%)     MSCI EAFE    +0.5%       MSCI EM +2.3%     10 Yr US Treasury Rate – rose from 4.13% to 4.19% Source: Refinitiv Eikon Recent News Venezuelan President Removed From Power – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured on Saturday by the U.S. military and transported to a federal jail in New York.  Both are awaiting trial for narcoterrorism charges.  While ini