by admin | Apr 13, 2023 | 2023, Market, Reversal
by Dave Young, President In the first quarter, the markets brought a welcome change from last year’s bear market. Stocks rallied in January, retreated in February, and then extended their rally last month after a critical measure of inflation cooled slightly. In...
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 | 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....
