David Cohen

Dave Cohen is Cofounder of Bryant Avenue Ventures, an index provider which is implemented in a targeted distribution strategy at Strategy Shares. He previously served as Managing Director of Product Development at Guggenheim Investments. Dave is a product development executive with more than 20 years of experience creating successful financial products across a variety of asset classes and investment vehicles.

A Summer Surge: August 2024 HANDLS Monthly Report

After a challenging July that saw investors sell off high-flying technology stocks, buyers returned to the market in August, bidding up risk assets across the board.

Knocked Down Inflation: July 2024 HANDLS Monthly Report

After a red-hot June built on expectations that the Federal Reserve may succeed at killing inflation without killing the economy, July saw investors begin to question the soft-landing narrative.

June HANDLS Monthly Report: Summer Heat

The graph and table above provide return data for major income-oriented asset categories for the month of June 2024 and YTD 2024. Returns for...

A Showery Spring: April 2024 HANDLS Monthly Report

While March signaled gains, April proved challenging, culminating in widespread losses.

Gains All Around: March 2024 HANDLS Monthly Report

Investors seeking clarity on the future path of inflation and interest rates struggled to find it in March as key economic indictors sent mixed signals. The month kicked off with a strong February jobs report, with the Labor Department reporting that nonfarm payrolls increased by 275,000 for the month (against expectations of 198,000). While the February numbers suggested the economy continues to run hot, downward revisions to the December and January reports reduced the initial estimates for those months by 167,000 jobs and the unemployment rate rose from 3.7% to 3.9% in February.

Equity Runs While Fixed Income Falters: February 2024 HANDLS Monthly Income Report

Much like the Las Vegas Hotel on the Strip that appears to be right next door, investors are discovering in 2024 that interest rate cuts are farther away than they seem.

Equity Runs While Fixed Income Falters: February 2024 HANDLS Monthly Income Report

Much like the Las Vegas Hotel on the Strip that appears to be right next door, investors are discovering in 2024 that interest rate cuts are farther away than they seem.

Santa Provides a Boost: December 2023 HANDLS Monthly Income Report

With the exception of MLPs, securities markets continued to deliver robust gains across the board in December as the markets began to divine measurable rate cuts by the Fed in 2024.

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