September 30, 2022 SKBA Market Commentary

September 28, 2022 It has been an absolutely miserable year for Treasury bond returns as well as other corporate benchmarks. Furthermore, bonds have failed to act as a counterbalance to risk in stocks and the stock markets. This environment leaves one to wonder, can it get any worse?

June 30, 2022 “It isn’t what you make; it’s what you keep that matters.” SKBA gave voice to this idea over a dozen years ago and it could not be more relevant for investors than it is today.

June 7, 2022 SKBA Capital Management Named to PSN Top Guns List of Best Performing Strategies for Q1 2022. PSN Top Guns is a quarterly ranking of the best of the best Separately Managed Account (SMA) managers in the PSN SMA database. The rating is created and tabulated by PSN. The rating was given for the 1st quarter 2022 and therefore represents data pulled at the end of the quarter. SKBA neither paid to be a part of the rating nor paid to receive the results.

The stock market’s first quarter decline could be attributed to a number of factors—Omicron, the war in Ukraine, the highest year over year consumer price inflation in 40 years, labor shortages, and/or continued supply chain disruption.

December 31, 2021 SKBA Market Commentary

January 19, 2022 After almost two years, and wave after wave after wave, it seems as though the COVID 19 pandemic will never come to an end. However, when one looks at the available data things may be getting better than you think around the globe. This can have profound impacts on the economy and who will benefit as COVID transitions to an endemic disease.

November 30, 2021 The Change in the Change Can Change How confusing is it when the gyrations of economic data causes the markets to swing from expectations of a booming economy to fears of impending stagnation?