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Market Update: Show Me the Data!

Download the 11.21.25 Dynamic Market Update for advisors’ use with clients By Kostya Etus, CFA®, Chief Investment Officer, Dynamic Asset

Grow Your Practice: The Real ROI of Letting Go

Let’s be honest — wealth advisors can be some of the thriftiest, most change-resistant professionals out there. (And that’s saying something, given that most of you spend your days convincing other people to invest in their future.)

Market Update: Trick or Treat – ‘Not a Foregone Conclusion’

Happy Halloween! We have a special edition of Dynamic Market Update in honor of this week’s Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting. Investors were looking forward to the big interest rate decision to see if Fed Chair Jerome Powell would deliver a trick or treat.

Market Update: Ready, Set, Cut!

Download the 09.19.25 Dynamic Market Update for advisors’ use with clients By Kostya Etus, CFA®, Chief Investment Officer, Dynamic Asset

To Cut or Not to Cut? That is the Question.

Guess what the market has been up to? More all-time highs last week for the S&P 500. Positive sentiment was primarily driven by renewed expectations for the Federal Reserve (Fed) to cut interest rates at their upcoming September 17 meeting.

The S&P 500 is now up close to 11% for the year, which is great on an absolute basis, but pales in comparison to the phenomenal international markets run of 22% (year-to-date through Aug. 18, 2025). Most importantly, increased rate cut expectations have led to a relative outperformance of the beaten up small-cap and value stock asset classes last week, potentially foreshadowing a broader market l