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 | 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 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 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 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...
