January 2026 – Monthly Commentary

While we’re only one month into 2025, January has felt more like an entire year given the market volatility and social unrest witnessed during the month.

President Trump’s action during month, namely the capture and incarceration of Venezuela’s President Madura and his wife caused quite a stir especially since the President at one point suggested he was the acting President of Venezuela. In Minnesota two individuals were killed by ICE agents in separate incidents promoting anti-ICE protests resulting in a new Bruce Springsteen recording detailing the incidences. In some ways it feels very much like the anti-Vietnam protests of the 1960’s.