by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Mar 2, 2022 | Recent Commentary
Even though the market rebound last week was coincident with the Russian invasion (possibly signaling the bad news was fully discounted), we don’t think the coast is clear, and more volatility may be with us in the short term. Investors have at least three...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Feb 1, 2022 | Recent Commentary
We are almost halfway through earnings season. Earnings announcements are always important but maybe more so this quarter due to investors’ eagerness to see how inflation, including wage growth, is affecting companies’ bottom lines and outlooks for 2022. So...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Jan 4, 2022 | Recent Commentary
There were a record number of new issues in 2021, but only 22% of IPOs were profitable. Yet people still pour money into them. Investors hope to find the next Apple, Microsoft, or Tesla, but the odds are stacked against them. Especially since few investors...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Dec 3, 2021 | Recent Commentary
It is still very early to say much definitive about the Omicron variant of COVID. We do know that it has spread beyond the origin, it has a significant number of mutations on the spike protein of the virus, and has relatively high transmissibility. Testing by vaccine...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Nov 2, 2021 | Recent Commentary
Earnings results are deteriorating as earnings season rolls on. Beat rates are less than the last two quarters but still remain above average. Both revenue and EPS misses are being punished. Individual stocks have been down 3.2% on average for a miss on earnings...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Sep 28, 2021 | Recent Commentary
Q. If the government shuts down on October 1st, are stocks in for a rough patch? Goldman Sachs recently concluded that U.S. government shutdowns generally have not meaningfully impacted equity returns. In the 14 government shutdowns since 1980, the S&P 500 posted...
