10/01/21

A summary of MissionSquare Investment Adviser’s latest 12-month outlook for the stock and bond markets.

07/01/21

A summary of Vantagepoint Investment Adviser’s latest 12-month outlook for the stock and bond markets.

05/14/21

After years of benign readings, inflation reared its head last month. The key question is whether it’s simply a short-term blip or if prices will continue to push higher over the long term.

04/06/21

Friday's jobs report showed what a powerful combination trillions of dollars of stimulus, improvements in vaccine distribution and administration, and the reopening of the economy can be.

04/01/21

A summary of Vantagepoint Investment Adviser’s latest 12-month outlook for the stock and bond markets.

02/25/21

Infrastructure is the sort of thing that most people take for granted. You just flip a switch or turn a knob and expect your house to light up, your furnace or air conditioner to kick into action, and the water to flow from the tap. And most of the time that’s exactly what happens. Until it doesn’t.

02/09/21

Friday’s middling employment report was somewhat promising on the surface — until you dig into the details.

02/03/21

While the GameStop saga has captured headlines during the past week, it’s important to remember that this kind of behavior — an attempted short squeeze — has gone on for years with various hedge funds on either side of the battle. The interesting twist this time is the involvement of a group of individual, retail investors who banded together via social media — primarily on Reddit’s WallStreetBets page — to join the fight.

01/12/21

Our firm is based in the nation’s capital. And though it’s been many months since we’ve regularly frequented our office on North Capitol Street, it remains within a few blocks of the United States Capitol building. So, as we, along with the rest of the nation, watched the storming of the House and Senate during the tallying of presidential electoral votes last week, it held particular resonance.

12/10/20

Wayne Wicker, Chief Investment Officer, Vantagepoint Investment Advisers, LLC, discusses the what may be ahead for the market in the final weeks of this year and heading into 2021 with TD Ameritrade’s Nicole Petallides.

12/09/20

Wayne Wicker, Chief Investment Officer, Vantagepoint Investment Advisers, LLC, discusses the importance of long-term investing and what may lie ahead in 2021 with Money Life’s Chuck Jaffe.

12/08/20

Uncertainty has characterized much of 2020 and the year’s final month is no different than the 11 that preceded it. In some ways, December looks to be the strangest month of the year, with the holiday season and promise of a vaccine contending with the worsening pandemic and economic warning signs.

11/30/20

Vantagepoint’s PLUS Fund has been selected as the stable value option for the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois.

11/18/20

In the two short weeks since election night, financial markets have rallied on the belief that the road back to normal will be both smooth and relatively fast. We are heartened by the news driving those gains, but as always, we continue to be on the lookout for bumps that might slow or derail the recovery.

11/06/20

The market’s immediate reaction in the first two days following the election on November 3 was exceedingly positive, with traders pushing the S&P 500 to within shooting distance of its all-time high. But, much like the rest of the year 2020, a number of uncertainties are still looming on the horizon.

10/28/20

With the nation’s eyes so firmly locked on the November 3, 2020 election, we’ve cast our gaze differently and have been considering what happens in the days and weeks that follow that crucial vote — no matter the electoral outcome.

10/08/20

Heading into the November election, with COVID-19 still in circulation, each day seems to bring a new batch of eye-catching (and often market-moving) headlines. Some are cause for hope, others are cause for concern.

09/10/20

Heightened volatility returned to the major indexes in recent days, sending them sharply lower as many of the high-flying tech companies that had fueled the market’s advance over the summer sold off, only to stage a partial rebound on Wednesday.

08/11/20

The latest report on the employment front brought a dose of positive news about the economy’s ability to claw its way out of the hole caused by the COVID-19-inspired shutdowns. But while the job increases are certainly positive, the markets continue to keep their eyes trained on federal stimulus efforts.

07/30/20

As we round out July, football season is just around the corner. Training camps are starting to gear up, both for professional and college players. But this year is unlike any other.

07/07/20

The latest news on the economic front has shown some encouraging signs that the country’s businesses have started to rebound from the widespread shutdowns this spring. However, areas of concern remain, particularly in light of the COVID-19 virus’ recent spike in some parts of the country.

07/01/20

A summary of Vantagepoint Investment Adviser’s latest 12-month outlook for the stock and bond markets.

06/24/20

After carving out what is hopefully a bottom in late March, the markets notched a hefty rebound in the months that followed. The combination of policy support and economic optimism overwhelmed fears of COVID-19 and the worldwide chaos it brought, leading to hopes that the worst effects would be visible only in the rearview mirror. However, over the past week, evidence of the spread of COVID-19 in both the U.S. and overseas resurfaced with a vengeance.

06/17/20

After weeks of pricing in bleak, worst-case scenarios in late February and much of March, the market now seems to see few if any clouds on the horizon. The major stock indexes are flirting with their old highs and counting on the Fed’s ability to keep interest rates at rock-bottom levels and to intervene in any areas of the financial markets that might run into trouble.

06/09/20

After months of seemingly non-stop negative headlines, Friday’s jobs report brought a much-needed dose of good news. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ widely watched monthly payroll report showed the economy added an impressive 2.5 million jobs in May after shedding -20.7 million jobs in April.