by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Sep 4, 2024 | Recent Commentary
August was a roller coaster for stocks. Moves lower in a roller coaster market can be terrifying, and in the first three trading days of August, investors had to contend with economic data showing what looked like a sharply decelerating economy and the unwind of the...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Aug 13, 2024 | Monthly Updates
Stocks remain in an uptrend whether you look at short-term or long-term indicators. We will focus here on the longer-term, the 200-day moving average. As shown in the graph below, the S&P 500’s 200-day continues to make another leg higher and has yet to roll...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Jul 30, 2024 | Recent Commentary
Just when it seemed mega-caps may never go down and small-caps may never go up again, we have seen a short-term reversal of epic proportions. The tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 is down about 8% while the small-cap Russell 2000 is up almost 10% over the last 13 trading days. ...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Jul 9, 2024 | Recent Commentary
This week marks the beginning of earnings season for the second quarter. S&P 500 companies are expected to report a fourth straight quarter of growth, with profits forecast to rise 8.8% over last year’s second quarter (source: FactSet). The top 10 companies in...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Jun 18, 2024 | Monthly Updates
We got a favorable CPI print for May last week. Core CPI decelerated to the slowest monthly pace in almost three years. Core CPI ex-rent dropped month-over-month and is now below a 1% annual rate of change on both a three month and 12 month basis. This was arguably...