by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Mar 4, 2020 | Recent Commentary
Equities are trying to find a floor even though the news flow on the spread of the coronavirus outside of China hasn’t shown any signs of improvement. A number of market indicators would suggest forward returns from current oversold levels should be pretty...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Feb 4, 2020 | Recent Commentary
Can investors look back at SARS in 2003 and use that market behavior to analyze how today’s markets might be impacted by the coronavirus? Probably not. Both the economic and market conditions were much different in 2003 than they are now. In 2003 we were coming out...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Jan 7, 2020 | Recent Commentary
Last week investors were reminded of risk – geopolitical risk to be specific. Stocks quickly sold off after tension between the U.S. and Iran escalated. But we don’t remember when there wasn’t ‘tension’ in the Mideast. Individual risks such as this tend not...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Dec 3, 2019 | Recent Commentary
A Higher P/E Ratio Results In A Great Year For Stocks This year’s 25%+ YTD advance in the S&P 500 stock index is a very pleasant surprise to most investors. What accounts for the great year in stocks? About 20% appreciation came from multiple expansion (a...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Nov 5, 2019 | Recent Commentary
Barron’s recent fall 2019 Big Money Poll reported that only 27% of money managers are bullish on the stock market for the next 12 months, down from 46% in the spring survey and 56% a year ago. The latest reading is the lowest percentage of bulls in over 20 years. A...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Oct 1, 2019 | Recent Commentary
Q. Will the impeachment inquiry (and possible impeachment) of President Trump put a lid on stock prices, or cause share prices to fall? A. The impact of impeachment on the markets is not clear. From the beginning of Richard Nixon’s impeachment inquiry to his...
