Andrzej Stukin is a vice president and portfolio analyst in Mesirow Fixed Income He is responsible for maintaining and verifying analytical system data Andrzej joined Mesirow in 2006 as an account administrator with Mesirow Security Processing Prior to joining the firm he was an analyst for the securities litigation firm Capital Forensics Inc  Andrzej earned a Bachelor of Science from Technical…

Angelina Bozin is Assistant Vice President Corporate Recruiter in Mesirow’s Human Resources Located in Mesirows Miami Florida location she is responsible for recruiting across multiple lines of business and works closely with leaders across the firm to assist in attracting hiring and retaining talent  Angelina joined Mesirow in 2014 as a Recruiting Coordinator followed by managing the summer…

Ankush Dhanda is a Client Relationship Specialist in Mesirow Wealth Management He is responsible for helping to manage day-to-day client needs and administration of client portfolios Ankush has nine years of experience in the financial services industry Prior to joining Mesirow in 2024 Ankush worked as a Client Services Associate at JP Morgan Chase starting in 2022 Prior to that he worked as a…

Anne Tremmel is a Managing Director and Senior Analyst for the corporate bond management team in Mesirow Strategic Fixed Income She has over 25 years of credit analyst experience Prior to joining Mesirow Anne was a senior vice president and senior credit analyst at Deerfield Capital Management Previously she served as vice president and senior high yield analyst at Van Kampen Investments Her…

Anthony Deras is a member of the investment team and is involved in all aspects of the private equity investment process Prior to his current position Anthony participated in the Mesirow Rotational Analyst program Anthony earned a Bachelor of Arts from Claremont McKenna College

Antonio Daily is an Analyst in Mesirow CTL and Structured Products He supports the team in research and analysis Antonio joined Mesirow in 2019 after completing a rotational internship with the firm the previous summer during which he supported Mesirow CTL and Structured Debt Products Institutional Sales and Trading and Public Finance Antonio is a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s Glass…

Investors are often tracking the performance of their portfolios relative to the performance of the market often mentioned in the media While relative performance is a good way to gauge whether the allocation in a portfolio is performing as expected comparing an individuals portfolio against the major indices may be an apples-to-oranges comparison , What is an index One of the most commonly used indexes is the S&P 500 Index but there are many types of indexes that can be used to track a variety of sectors asset classes or even countries An “index” refers to a group of unmanaged securities that represent a specific area of the market The S&P 500 for example tracks the 500 largest US publicly traded companies Some of the most popular…, Published March 2025, Source 1 Bloomberg Important Information The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index often abbreviated as S&P 500 is an American stock exchange market index based on the market capitalizations of 500 large companies having common stock listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ The S&P 500 index components and their weightings are determined by S&P Dow Jones Indices