The year 2021 was a good year for stocks of all types—value stocks, growth stocks, small-cap stocks, foreign stocks. As investors looked beyond the rise of two COVID-19 variants, Delta
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Historically December has been a strong month for the markets with the S&P 500 experiencing a gain 73% of the time since 1928. As shown in the chart below, typically,
Major indices reached all-time highs to start November. The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high on November 8 for its eighth consecutive positive day. That is the longest streak
We are awash in uncertainty. Will Congress raise the debt ceiling, and will there be a government shutdown? Could another debilitating Covid variant emerge? Might another terrorist attack occur on
The resiliency of the U.S. equity markets continues to be impressive. In spite of elevated unemployment numbers, higher inflation, and the Delta variant spreading in many parts of the country,
U.S. stocks have managed to post some impressive returns in 2021 with most indexes up double digits year-to-date through the end of July. But what segments of the market are
On the night of February 13, 1814, as Francis Scott Key witnessed the battle that would inspire him to write the words that became our national anthem, the outcome was
During the last several months, a strange phenomenon has developed in the stock market wherein a handful of struggling publicly traded companies have seen their stocks explode higher. Perhaps you
After starting the year off with a solid first quarter, equity markets continued to sway to the same tune in the month of April. Whether from the 1979 song by
Stocks continued their winning ways in the first quarter, thanks to the amazing progress in getting people vaccinated against the coronavirus, as well as efforts by the Biden administration to