Many analysts generally link recent market jitters to uncertainty surrounding trade, Fed rate hikes, and global growth prospects into 2019. Of these, the “business cycle is one of the most important drivers of investment performance” (Guggenheim). According to Earnings Insight, analysts see single-digit earnings growth for the first three quarters of 2019, signaling a slowdown...

The stock market continued to rally in the face of trade and tariff discussions among the U.S. and international trading partners. Topics under considerations included the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and protecting U.S. intellectual property rights internationally. Contagion threat Emerging market currencies were rattled worldwide as turmoil with...