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Volatile September Coming into the month of September, we talked about how it's usually the most volatile month of the year, and history repeated itself as the S&P 500 was...

Pre-Election Today, we have a chart to help us talk about pre-election years compared to 2023. They say that history doesn't repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme, and it's...

Government Shutdowns We are watching news out of Washington D.C. this week for what is expected to be a few weeks of tough negotiations to try and avoid a government...

Oil Rig Counts Last week marked the tenth consecutive week where the oil rig count in the US didn't go up. In fact, it has pulled back. The total number...

History of September Going back to 1950, September has historically been the worst month for the stock market and the only month of the year where both the average and...

Bonds Last week, we discussed how higher interest rates have been the leading cause of market volatility in recent weeks. However, this week, we want to talk about the benefits...

Choppy Conditions Major market indexes ended lower for the third straight week as the 10-year Treasury yield remained near a 16-year high. Investors believe the Fed will maintain a hawkish...

Corporate Earnings In a world where the market has a lot of negative news and uncertainty to digest, it’s important to stay focused on one of the biggest drivers of...

Bond Valuations We've been getting many questions about bonds and interest rates recently, so we wanted to give an update on bond prices relative to changes in interest rates. Bonds...

Market Strength We continue to get questions and comments from clients who are surprised at how well the market has performed this year and are asking if it can continue...