by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Jun 4, 2024 | Recent Commentary
In the week leading up to Memorial Day weekend, the S&P 500 traded higher 23 out of the prior 30 weeks. There have only been a handful of other periods since WWII where the index had as many positive weeks in a 30-week span. Is the market exhausted after this run,...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | May 15, 2024 | Monthly Updates
Barron’s Big Money Poll is a must read for us. Large institutional money managers are an important source of demand for equity shares. So the poll gives us insight into what a key group of investors are thinking and doing. They make up part of Wall Street’s...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | May 1, 2024 | Recent Commentary
Early in April, higher interest rates drove share prices roughly 5% lower up until the 2.8% gain in the S&P 500 last week. Yields were not the driver last week. Instead, it is another narrative, specifically artificial intelligence, that pushed the market higher...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Apr 17, 2024 | Monthly Updates
Although not even close to correction territory, the market has been acting heavier and heavier. Here is part of the reason why: The huge AI theme may be the market’s spinach, but the three-headed monster of higher oil prices, interest rates, and the U.S. dollar have...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Apr 2, 2024 | Recent Commentary
With Q1 2024 now complete, the S&P 500 index posted a return of 10.2%. That was good enough to beat the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 and the blue-chip Dow Jones 30 on the large-cap front. It also beat both small-caps and mid-caps. It is remarkable that we haven’t seen a...
