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Geopolitics: Ukraine
February 11, 2022 •OneAscent
What is happening currently?
Standing in stark contrast to the message of unity associated with the ongoing Winter Olympics, tensions in eastern...
Read MoreMonthly Investment Update: February 2022
February 8, 2022 •OneAscent
January was an ugly start to the year for the capital markets with the S&P 500 index declining more than 11% at its worst point before recovering to...
Read MoreWeekly Investment Update January 24, 2022
January 24, 2022 •OneAscent
Risk assets, in general, fell again last week as concerns over inflation, Federal Reserve rate hikes, the omicron variant, and geopolitical tension...
Read MoreInflation: Breaking Down the Consumer Price Index
January 18, 2022 •OneAscent
Executive Summary
Rising costs have been a reality for much of 2021, though we anticipate the pace of increases to moderate in 2022 as energy prices...
Read MoreWeekly Investment Update January 10, 2022
January 10, 2022 •OneAscent
A new year is underway, and it started off in a relatively inauspicious way for market participants. First the positive news – the US unemployment...
Read MoreMonthly Investment Update: January 2022
January 3, 2022 •OneAscent
Happy New Year!
For many investors, 2021 was a year of robust gains with the S&P 500 index returning nearly 29%, but there was significant dispersion...
Read MoreWeekly Investment Update December 27, 2021
December 27, 2021 •OneAscent
As we approach the beginning of a new year, it is only natural to reflect upon the year that was to remind ourselves how we arrived at this moment....
Read MoreWeekly Investment Update December 20, 2021
December 20, 2021 •OneAscent
The past week was filled with both ups and downs for risk assets, as markets struggled to digest news related to the Covid-19 omicron variant,...
Read MoreWeekly Investment Update December 13, 2021
December 13, 2021 •OneAscent
Inflation was once again a headline last week as the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) released its most recent reading. The November CPI report stated...
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