May 23, 2022
Markets and 1970
A Time in History The market is down for the eighth week in a row and because of that, we wanted to look back in history to see what...
May 16, 2022
Consumer Down, But Not Out
Consumer Sentiment We will be watching the retail sales number closely this week as the U.S. consumer is showing weakness. The weakness in the consumer matters because consumer spending...
May 9, 2022
Can Supply Meet Demand?
Interest Rates The Fed, as expected, raised interest rates by 50 basis points. One of the things the market took as a positive is that the Fed took the...
May 2, 2022
Money, Money, Money
Rate Hikes and The Fed The Federal Reserve is fully expected to raise interest rates when they meet on Tuesday and Wednesday. They're planning to announce their decision late...
April 25, 2022
Is Everything Okay in the USA?
Rate Hikes and The Fed Last week we seemed to be having a bit of a rally. Even through mid-day on Thursday, the market was up, but then chairperson, Jerome...
April 18, 2022
Sell in May?
Follow The Facts There’s an old saying that everyone has heard before that says, “Sell in May, then go away”. It means you sell out of the market in...
April 11, 2022
Murky Market Outlook
Stocks and Bonds First quarter, as everyone knows, was a very rocky quarter for the stock market. That topic hit a lot of public air. We see it on...
April 4, 2022
Is The Market Madness Behind Us?
Jobs It has been a wild first quarter, and for the last three months we've been talking about all of the early indicators of potential economic slowdown. There's been...
March 28, 2022
Are the Bears in Trouble?
Bull Market A bull market climbs a wall of worry, and this market is having to deal with several things right now. Some of those things being the Ukraine...
March 21, 2022
Rates Higher, Gas Lower?
Historical Data As expected, last week the Federal Reserve announced that they are raising rates. We had several questions around how the market reacts to tighter policy, so we...