While some of the following will be in my quarterly update, I want to go ahead and share some of our thoughts about this challenging market for both fixed income and equity investments so far this year.

You no doubt are aware of the market turbulence these past six months.

The doom and gloom parade continued this week and in some ways picked up steam.

Despite it being a shortened holiday week, there was a lot going on.

It has been far too long since I’ve been able to say the markets finished higher this week.

The stock markets struggled again this week, posting its biggest one-day drop since 2020.

It was another week of declines, punctuated by a few reasons for hope.

Market optimism continues to evaporate as headline after headline continues to roil investing sentiment.

There are times when investor sentiment turns so sour that the good gets thrown out with the bad.

There simply wasn’t anywhere to hide this week as the markets began digesting first quarter earnings announcements.