Client Newsletter – Quarter Ending September 30, 2014
Last month in our Daily Journal of Commerce column, we warned that September and October could be volatile months, months with a downturn. There were many reasons for this forecast. History was one, with both September and October demonstrating a tendency to be volatile and lower. Further, the market has had an over five year run up and was due for a correction. Also, there were and are many headline events to worry about: problems in Europe, specifically Ukraine; a slowing Chinese economy, with attendant pullback in commodity prices. Then there is Ebola which has taken center stage, and ISIS. These problems persisted and in some cases grew worse. September turned out to be a volatile and down
month.

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