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Investment Insights for Advisors

Ongoing market commentary and portfolio research from the team that manages the portfolios — designed to support the conversations you have with clients.

Market Perspective

Commentary on the events moving markets, written as the news develops. Each update gives advisors context for timely client conversations.

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Portfolio Strategy

Longer-form research on portfolio construction — asset allocation, structure, and how we manage risk across stocks, bonds, and beyond.

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Quarterly Perspective

A deeper review published each quarter — the events that mattered, the themes beneath them, and what we are watching next.

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The Trademark Take

A weekly look at the charts our investment team is watching, and what they suggest for portfolio management.

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Our Latest Insights

June 12, 2015

by Mark Carlton, CFA®

Trademark Market Perspective for June 12th, 2015

Labor force participation rose by 400,000 and average hourly earnings climbed to 2.3% year-over-year, so there is no way to put an asterisk on the report.
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May 22, 2015

by Mark Carlton, CFA®

Market Perspective for May 22nd, 2015

We may have entered the excess phase (and valuations are certainly rich), but there isn’t much real exuberance out there yet.
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April 21, 2015

by Mark Carlton, CFA®

Quarterly Perspective for 1Q15

The big takeaway should be that we are in a favorable but fragile environment where any type of change will be viewed skeptically by market participants.
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