A funny thing happened on the way to the recession – the stock market rebounded.  There was no shortage of depressing economic news during the fourth quarter of 2022.  Predictions of a [...]

Financial markets began the third quarter positive only to see gains evaporate by September 30th.  It was the tale of two halves as the S&P 500 gained 13.7% during the first six weeks of [...]

The second quarter of 2022 provided negative returns for most major financial markets.  There was little room for escape as a combination of economic factors pushed asset prices lower. An [...]

For the first time in almost two years stock markets were decidedly negative during the first quarter of 2022.  In a complete reversal from 2021, the technology heavy NASDAQ index was the worst [...]

Not even the emergence of a new variant of Covid 19 could stall financial markets in the final quarter of 2021. Although stock markets initially fell sharply lower when Omicron was discovered, as [...]

Stock markets took a much anticipated “breather” during the third quarter.  Most equity indexes traded in a tight range between slightly negative and slightly positive.  This ended a run of six [...]

The global equity markets produced above average returns for the first quarter of 2021.  Most major indexes were up between 3.5% and 12.75%. Although the indexes were all positive, there [...]

The fourth quarter of 2020 was the sea change of stock performance D’Arcy Capital Management has been expecting.  The previous three quarters were dominated by large cap technology growth [...]

The third quarter continued the trend of recouping the losses from earlier in the year.  Prior to the Covid 19 crisis in the United States, the Russell 3000 (broadest measure of U.S. stock [...]