Weekly Insight | August 14, 2019
The S&P 500 fell 2.9% on Wednesday, the second occurrence this month, and erased previous gains for the week. The index is down about 6% from highs reached in July. Emerging Markets continue to lag and are down more than 24% from their high set back in January 2018. Gold continues to be one of the best performing assets as it benefits from the big drop in real yields.