by Asset Strategy | Feb 22, 2022 | Market Review
Stocks moved sharply higher on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week and it seemed as if stocks were going to break out to the upside, but back-to-back headlines reversed those gains and back came the volatility. The first headline came from James Bullard, who is the...
by Asset Strategy | Feb 22, 2022 | Market Review
Last week was extremely volatile as we all know. But it was also a positive week for all three of the major averages which might surprise some of you. But, last week was last week and this week is going to be volatile. We are seeing moves in stocks, bonds, interest...
by Asset Strategy | Feb 22, 2022 | Market Review
We made it to the end of March. What can we expect as we enter the month of April? The national social distancing guidelines have been extended to April 30th. Not rushing to open up the economy is actually a positive in that it gives us greater odds of defeating the...
by Asset Strategy | Feb 22, 2022 | Market Review
In baseball you don’t have to swing at every pitch – the same rule applies when it comes to your money. In three weeks-time, some 16 million people have filed for unemployment claims, which is roughly 10% of the labor force. Yet, the S&P 500 returned 12%...
by Asset Strategy | Feb 22, 2022 | Market Review
April is shaping up to be another wild month in the financial markets. Yet, for the S&P 500, despite all its movement, it hasn’t gone too far. On April 7th, the S&P 500 made an intra-day high of 2756. On Friday, April 24th, the S&P 500 made an intra-day...
by Asset Strategy | Feb 22, 2022 | Market Review
Economic data releases are now capturing the effect the Coronavirus is having on the U.S. economy. As you would expect, it’s bad. But, instead of focusing on whether a data point is good or bad, let’s focus on this instead… We all know economic data releases are going...