10 Important Questions to Ask a Financial Advisor
Are you contemplating getting a financial advisor? Before you take the plunge, it’s important to ask the right questions to make sure you have the right advisor for your needs. In this blog post, you will learn the key questions to ask a financial advisor so you...
Weekly Market Update – August 26, 2022
Quick Takes For the week the S&P 500 was down -4.0%, the Nasdaq sank -4.4%, and the Russell 2000 fell -2.9% in the second straight week of weighty declines for stocks. Aggressive comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday at the annual Jackson...
Weekly Market Update – August 19, 2022
Quick Takes For the week, the S&P 500 fell -1.2%, the Nasdaq was down -2.2%, and the Russell 2000 sank -2.9%, snapping a four-week winning streak for stocks. Rising bond yields and aggressive comments from a trio of regional Federal Reserve presidents had equity...
Weekly Market Update – August 12, 2022
Quick Takes The consumer price index was flat from June to July, and the annual rate came in lower than expected, primarily from falling energy prices. In addition, the producer price index and import prices fell more than expected, suggesting that peak inflation may...
Weekly Market Update – August 5, 2022
Quick Takes Friday’s blowout July payrolls report trounced expectations and challenges the notion that the U.S. is in recession—despite back-to-back quarters of negative GDP growth. The U.S. added 528,000 jobs in July, more than twice as many as the expected 258,000....
Monthly Market Update — July 2022
Market Performance Summary July tends to be the peak month for summer vacations and for investors it also brought a vacation from volatility as most major asset classes saw their biggest rallies of 2022. After the worst first half in decades for most asset classes,...
Weekly Market Update – July 29, 2022
Quick Takes Global stocks and bonds shrugged off softening economic data to put in solid gains for the final week of July. Stocks were up for the second straight week and the third week in the last four. The S&P 500 advanced +4.3%, the small cap Russell 2000 Index...
Weekly Market Update – July 22, 2022
Quick Takes In a bit of a reversal from the prior week, stocks rallied nicely for the week but gave back some of their gains on Friday. Despite Friday’s pullback, the S&P 500 up +2.6% for the week, while the Nasdaq Composite gained +3.3%, and the small cap Russell...