by admin | Sep 28, 2022 | Market
I am a bit conflicted as I write this newsletter. On the one hand, it’s a great time of year. We are a month into summer and just celebrated the Fourth of July — one of my favorite holidays. That is positive. On the other hand, the markets this year have not been...
by admin | Sep 27, 2022 | 2022, Bear Market
Note to Clients: My quarterly review and discussion of our model portfolio holdings and performance will follow in the next week in a separate piece. I felt it important to discuss the overall market and economic conditions and outlook first in the following...
by admin | Jul 25, 2022 | Inflation, Market
The harmful effects of inflation finally took their “pound of flesh” from the markets. Although the war in Ukraine impacted the markets, the effects seem to be fading — as is so often the case with geopolitical events. The markets rallied in the last half of March as...
by admin | Apr 26, 2022 | Market
In 2021, a strong profit growth fueled big gains in stocks — thanks to the end of covid and the trillions of government dollars dropped into our economy. By Dec. 31, 2021, the broad-based S&P 500 Index, which is comprised of 500 large publicly-traded U.S....
by admin | Jan 15, 2022 | The Year 2021
Another Surprising Year Despite worrisome headwinds (namely Covid and inflation), the markets boasted another good year in 2021. The continued presence of Covid in new variant forms delayed the economic return to normal across the globe. The snarled supply chains and...